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Grace Crivellaro

Social media ban study to track thousands of families

An online watchdog will report on the impact of a world-first social media ban. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The internet watchdog will track thousands of Australian families to assess the impact of the world-first social media ban on teenagers.

The evaluation, led by the eSafety Commission's research team, aims to understand how the law which kicked in last December works in practice and its effects on children and families.

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