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Heather du Plessis-Allan: There's a strong case for regulating social media for kids

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I'm fascinated by the fact that around the world, there seems to be a growing acceptance from parents that we have got to limit kids’ access to social media.There's a poll out of Australia today showing more than two thirds of voters over there support raising the minimum age of social media from 13 to 16.And this comes off the back of the Australian Government and the UK Government and various states in the US all trying to figure out how to force the social media companies to stick to the rules and make sure there are no under-13s using the platforms.I was at my brother and sister-in-law’s place yesterday, they've got a pre-teen boy. And my sister-in-law was saying they really want to limit his access to screens, but all his friends have access - so it's hard to keep him off.And this is where a rule like a minimum age of 13, or even 16, is so important. I generally don’t like regulation, generally I'm going to say no unless there is a really strong case for it. And I reckon there is a strong case for this o