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Mental health advocate concerned social media ban for children under 16 will limit access to important services
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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11/7/2024
The government wants to set the minimum age for children accessing social media to 16. Youth mental health advocate Jackie Hallan says she's concerned the ban will stop young people from accessing important services.
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Reach Out is really concerned that a ban alone on social media won't make the platform safer,
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so we're calling for the government to support this policy measure with a range of supports
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for young people's mental health and wellbeing and that needs to be, it's absolutely critical
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for the implementation of this policy.
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We know for Reach Out, 49% of young people are accessing our service through social media
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channels, so that's significant.
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So I think as part of the implementation, we need to consider what alternatives we'll
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put in place for young people to still be able to access that support.
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Things like schools could play an increased role, but we already know that schools are
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kind of stretched in terms of their capacity and what they're focusing on, but we're going
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to need to look at alternative pathways.
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