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If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)

Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in Australia still use it ๐Ÿฅณ

Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate ๐Ÿ˜‰

Source: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf

Everybody knows that when you make laws banning teens from something they absolutely comply and aren't rebellious at ALL LMFAO

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[โ€“] Aeri@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Damn fools. Don't they know that kids have all the time in the world to find a way around this shit?