Looking back, it’s alarming to realise how casually our global society ushered children into the near anarchy of social media – seemingly with little regard for the long-term consequences for their safety and wellbeing. Now, there is a scramble to remedy damage done to young people around the world, with calls to ban social media for under 16s gaining popularity.
But when it comes to online abuse, adults, not children, tend to be the problem. There have certainly been no calls to ban adults from social media. So, how do we protect young people from abuse?
