Six months in, is the social media ban failing?
6/16/202617 min
Australia led the way, now the UK government has announced its own ban on social media for under 16s.
But six months since the restrictions came into force here, are they really working, given most young teenagers who were using social media still are?
Today, Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University on what we need to do to help our children be safe online.
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Professor Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University, an academic advisor to the eSafety Commissioner and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
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Tammy Shipley believed someone was out to hurt her.
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I thought someone was after me, and I wanted to just be safe.
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She's put under 24-hour surveillance.
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I tried to get in contact multiple times.
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I just need to make a phone call. Nobody knows where I am.
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And then something strange happens.
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She just drank and drank and had something like 20 liters of pure water.
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Ambulance emergency.
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I've got a woman unconscious.
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[upbeat music] Australia led the way and became a test case. Now, the British government has announced its own ban on social media for under 16s. But six months since the restrictions came into force here, are they really working given most young teenagers who were using social media still are? Today, Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney Uni on why our model might not be best practice. I am Sam Hawley on Gadigal Land in Sydney. This is ABC NewsDaily.