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The effectiveness of the social media ban for kids (europe.pub)
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If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)

Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in Australia still use it ๐Ÿฅณ

Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate ๐Ÿ˜‰

Source: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf

Everybody knows that when you make laws banning teens from something they absolutely comply and aren't rebellious at ALL LMFAO

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[โ€“] 17 points 2 months ago

I'm sure Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are really broken up about a massive influx of profit users that shouldn't be there.

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    [โ€“] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    But, but, we banned them! There's no possible way that kids could find their way out of the AOL Kids Zone!

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    • [โ€“] 9 points 2 months ago

    Teens: well shit, must be good then.

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    [โ€“] 5 points 2 months ago

    Damn fools. Don't they know that kids have all the time in the world to find a way around this shit?

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