Social media bans won't solve the problem

Social media bans won't solve the problem

“Discussions about online harm often focus on restricting the children’s behaviour rather than regulating the practices of the companies that shape the digital environment,” writes Dr Jean M Uasike Allen. A social media ban won’t keep children safe or help prepare them for an increasingly digitised world, writes Auckland-based academic Dr Jean M Uasike Allen. For young Pacific people in particular, a ban would also cut off an important site of c…