Australia's youth social-media ban stalls amid lax enforcement, study finds
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A BMJ study of 408 NSW adolescents (ages 12–17) found the under-16 ban on platforms like TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat did not produce an immediate drop in use; most youths continued using their own accounts, with many bypassing age checks via self-declared ages and even selfies in some cases. The researchers caution that weak enforcement and easy circumvention complicate conclusions about policy effectiveness and call for refinement and better implementation.
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