Nearly half of Hong Kong youngsters feel “despair” if they do not have anything to post on social media, while a tenth want to break into the ranks of popular online influencers, a first-of-its-kind survey has suggested.
The poll of 2,045 local adolescents, aged between eight and 19, also found that 43% of the young people spent more than three hours a day on social media, with 9% spending at least 10 hours a day.
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