As Canada Eyes Youth Social Media Bans, Australia Offers Early Lessons

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A girl works on a laptop in Chisseaux, France, in a file photo. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty ImagesAs concerns grow in Canada over cyberbullying, mental health issues, and possible links between online content and real-world violence, the provinces are increasingly looking to Australia’s ban on social media for minors as a possible model.But for Australia’s experiment—praised by some as the next great public health intervention and criticized by others as unworkable government overreach—the evidence is still emerging.

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