To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.
The federal government has reportedly drafted a proposed social media ban for children under the age of 14, according to The Globe and Mail.

After 20 years as a paediatrician, Dr. Charlotte Moore Hepburn can speak first-hand to social media’s impact on Canadian children.

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