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Anthony albanesi has announced the government will introduce a social media ban for Young People by the end of the year however many experts claim a blanket ban will not address the harm young people are suffering online the proposed Federal ban follows the South Australian plan to force social media companies to deny access to Children 13 years or younger albanesi stated that a national response to this problem is needed and said the federal government would put forward a bill that would set an age limit for access to social media platforms likely between 4 and 16 he conceded Banning younger people from social media is not an easy thing to do but is necessary to protect young Australians however Professor tamama Lea says the proposed ban is not the answer speaking to Yahoo news Australia lever said the proposal of a ban suggests all social media is harmful and that is demonstratively untrue there are many benefits of social media for young people he said bullying is a problem for people online but rather than Banning them from using social media he said they need to be taught the social skills to deal with bullying lver said what about education rather than a ban what about empowering parents with the tools needed to protect young people social media bans will prevent young people participating fully in a digital world infringing on their rights and not allowing them to flourish as digital citizens the Australian Association of psychologist director Ki Dober told AAP the ban is a Band-Aid response to a very complicated and deeply entrenched issue she said it also overlooks the benefits online spaces can offer to young people especially those from marginalized communities what do you think