61 percent of kids ages 12–15 who had accounts before the ban still having access to at least one of them
**Statistics: ** 61% is a bit over half of all kids affected by the ban. This means that the ban isn't working, because more than half of all kids can still go on their social media accounts.
Unfortunately for the Australian government (and fortunately for most kids), the implementation of a massive ban is going about as well as many critics predicted.
Tone - sarcastic. The author seems pretty smarmy. It comes across like "I told you so"
At the end of last year, the Australian government banned minors from having social media accounts.
Issue - Australia's social media ban. Should social media be banned for children under the age of 16?