Social media harm is ‘like tobacco’: Call for Govt to go further over proposed ban | Stuff.co.nz
Social media should be treated as a public health harm just like smoking, says the mum and entrepreneur who wants a government ban until kids are 16.
And Cecilia Robinson, who co-founded My Food Bag, wants social media companies like Meta and TikTok to be fined if they don’t comply.
Robinson is the co-chair of Before 16, a group of business people and experts launched today to “protect children and back parents”.
“You can’t purchase that tobacco if you’re 12 years old, right? It is really important for us to introduce a minimum age for social media, and to actually treat this like we would other harms in society. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB
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