Australia’s Bold Social Ban: Expert Predicts Results Soon
Video Transcript
Early results from Australia’s social media ban should start appearing within 1–2 years as measurable changes in youth outcomes are tracked. The policy spotlights a major problem facing young people and enables data-driven evaluation of mental health, online harm, and safety impacts. This article covers an expert’s forecast on timing and what early evidence may show.
Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County (Long Island), NY
But either way, what they have done is they’ve focused the light on really one of the biggest problems facing young people.
So, it’s got to be a great first step if that’s the way we’re going to categorize it.
But look, I think that we’ll probably, I think that the data on this will start to come in within a year, two years where maybe Australia will be able to document a change in certain trends.
And maybe one of those trends is the way young people feel about themselves, how anxious they are, how depressed they are, how suicidal they may be.
They might see some turnaround in that. I’m optimistic for them.
I hope that the United States could think about following some sort of a similar path.