With Australian jurisdictions introducing mobile phone bans in schools, there is serious debate around what age children should be on social media. Read more at:
Jurisdictions across Australia have begun introducing mobile phone bans in recent years.
Many social media platforms - including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - allow users to sign up from the age of 13, and some critics say the age should be raised. Their children have access to technology, play with iPads and have laptops which are required for schooling but do not have their own smartphones or social media accounts.
In recent years, jurisdictions across Australia have begun introducing bans and restrictions on smartphone use. Patrick Thomas, Western Australia's state manager for cybersafety education provider ySafe, told SBS News that blanket bans are not always the key to solving social media issues. "The primary position is no phones but if a teacher says they're needed for a particular lesson, nobody is against that, but in all other cases we think phones should be put away and out of sight," he said.Simon Copland recently completed a PhD at the Australian National University in the school of sociology, with a focus on men's rights groups and far-right extremism on social media.
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