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SOCIAL MEDIA: SHOULD CHILDREN BE BANNED FROM USING TIKTOK, FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE?
Politicians are claiming social media apps are causing irreparable harm to our youngsters. The science, however, says otherwise
“Data gathered in 168 countries across 18 years suggests there’s no causal relationship between the introduction of the internet and the wellbeing of young people”
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What’s the most effective way to protect children’s mental health? The answer that’s been echoed by waves of politicians across the world over the last two decades is to ban them from social media.
Such calls have, understandably, seen a recent resurgence in the UK. They follow the murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey and the revelation that her teenage killers had frequently shared violent videos on social media apps.