ew Zealand should copy the Australian ban on social media for children under 16, a public health researcher says.
The Australian government said it would pass a law banning social media for children under 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced yesterday that a bill will be introduced to parliament within weeks.
Under the law, social media platforms like X, TikTok and Instagram would be responsible for working out how to block children under 16 from using the sites.
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Dr Anna Lembke is Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She is the author of bestselling books such as, ‘Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence’.
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