Should kids under 16 be banned from social media entirely?

A blanket ban is hard to enforce, risks pushing teens into less visible spaces, and should be replaced with stricter platform safety duties.

A blanket ban is hard to enforce, pushes kids toward lying about their age or using worse unmoderated spaces, and substitutes a crude age cutoff for the real fixes — safer design, parental tools, and platform accountability.

A ban protects children from the documented mental health risks and addictive design of modern social media platforms.