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Is a social media ban the true answer for under sixteens?

Today, a group of European leaders, including An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, held a remote confere...

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Is a social media ban the true answer for under sixteens?


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Today, a group of European leaders, including An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, held a remote conference on the potential of EU-wide action to implement a ban on social media for under sixteens. Australia became the first country to implement such a ban last December, but when it comes to regulating social media for young people - are bans truly the best way to go?

Dr Sinan Aşçı is a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Anti-Bullying Centre in DCU, and joins Seán Defoe to discuss.


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