Social Media Bans Can Backfire, Are Easily Breached: MIT

Social media bans for young people are easily circumvented, and could actually backfire, MIT Technology Review writes. Early lessons from Australia, which implemented an age ban in 2024, shows that teens have used tactics ranging from substituting an older sibling’s face for ID to drawing fake facial hair on their own. The downside of bans is that they suppress access to information, including some that helps their development, identity formation and socialization.

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