PHOTO: Age restrictions for social media use have prompted petitions from both sides of the argument.
Some may think it ironic that the subject of social media use has been such a hot topic in the media lately, but any irony is lost on organisations at the helm of a push to raise the minimum age for having social media accounts from 13 years to 16 years in Australia.
Social media access has had free reign for too long – that is the sentiment as SA and NSW governments are planning to co-host their first-ever Social Media Summit, set to examine social media’s effects on young people.
Meanwhile Change.org is petitioning to raise the minimum age for social media accounts and has garnered over 120,000 signatures…