The Aporia
2 articles about 2 events for “Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban” in Education.
“In Australia, the first country to introduce a ban on social media for those under the age of 16, around 70 percent of children who already had accounts on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, or Facebook still had them after the ban went into effect.”
“Studies have linked excessive scrolling, social media exposure and reliance on AI in children to lower critical thinking abilities, shorter attention spans, anxiety, and depression.”