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Australia banning social media use by kids; 9to5Mac readers want the same in the US

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/11/Should-we-ban-social-media-use-by-kids.webp?w=1500)</div><p>Update: Australia has now <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/australia-senate-passes-world-s-first-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">voted to ban social media use by children[/url] under the age of 16. In a 9to5Mac reader poll on the issue, the vast majority of you thought the US should do the same – see the end of the piece.</p>



<p>The impact of social media use by kids is perhaps one of the hottest topics in tech. There’s significant evidence that social media apps like <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/instagram/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram[/url] can be <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/27/instagram-is-harmful-to-teenage-girls/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">harmful to the mental health of children[/url], while others argue that it can also enable social connection.</p>



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