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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Four out of five Australian children still using social media despite ban, study finds amid fears over UK crackdown

Four out of five Australian young people reported still accessing social media in the months after a ban for under-16s took effect, according to new research which threatens to cast doubts on the UK’s incoming restrictions.

The findings from a small study of the initial impacts of the world-first ban suggested “insufficient evidence of any substantive early effects”, the paper from the University of Newcastle, Australia, said.

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