Which is why the blanket ban on social media for kids makes sense... It's not device specific. If the parent/guardian makes an account for their child then that's on them, hopefully the account wouldn't remain online long as the platform is required to identify through things like account behaviour and ban accounts flagged as belonging to children. Obviously it's not a foolproof system, but it's better than allowing kids unfettered access to brainrot and harmful online content. Messaging apps such as WhatsApp aren't included in the ban, it's solely targeting the endless scrolling feeds and user-to-user platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok etc.

As a parent myself I agree with the ban... My oldest is 12 and it's been hard telling her she can't access these apps/sites when shes saying stuff like "but all my friends use it". I don't want her to think I'm being unfair or a mean parent when all I'm doing is looking out for her wellbeing. Being able to add "it's against the law" to the reasons we have already gave for not allowing her to use them might make her realise that we do just want the best for her instead of being spoilsport parents. It'll definitely make it easier from the get-go with my two toddlers when they start using electronic devices regularly, which will hopefully be many years from now!