Australia ban offers test on social media harm


Those in favour of Australia's ban on social media for those under-16 point to a growing mass of studies that suggest too much time online takes a toll on teen wellbeing. - AFP

TOKYO: Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.

Those in favour of the world-first Dec 10 ban point to a growing mass of studies that suggest too much time online takes a toll on teen wellbeing.

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