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TOPICGovernments should ban children under 16 from social mediaAgainst is leading
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Enforcement gaps aren't the same as policy failure — drink-driving laws are broken every single night and still cut road deaths dramatically. The same review you're citing also reports average daily use among under-16s fell, and that's with the leakiest possible v1 of age assurance. The right comparison isn't "ban vs perfect compliance," it's "ban vs the status quo."

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"Use fell" — fell from what, measured how? Self-reported screen time from kids who are now legally not supposed to have accounts is about the least reliable instrument imaginable. The denominator moved: kids lie more after a ban, so surveys show a drop even if behavior didn't change. Always ask how the number was collected before celebrating it.
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