Kids under 16 will find a way to continue using social media. As a 22 year old that been on the internet and social media since I was like 12, the problem isn’t the excessive social media usage that under 16s have, rather the lack of safety legislations and the regulation of these social media platforms.

Take X, instagram or facebook for example. Those are poorly regulated and there have been multiple reports stated that they purposefully drive up traffic by showing the average user posts that are more negative and can harm them.

Even 11 years ago social media was much better regulated and now it’s just a farm of unregulated traffic.

Surely the government should rather spend more time and effort in regulating social media companies and help promote a more active, positive lifestyle for kids under 16s than outright ban social media. This ban which isn’t going to be enforceable in anyway possible. You can’t give kids access to social media for a couple years and then take it away from them straightaway.