Almost 4 in 5 Australians support world-first under-16 social media ban: survey

Almost four in five Australian adults support the federal government's new ban on social media use for children under 16, a survey showed Friday.

The survey of 1,598 Australian adults, funded by the Australian Research Council and conducted by Roy Morgan Research on behalf of Australia's Monash University, found that 79 percent supported the ban, which took effect on Wednesday.