Albanese’s ‘knee-jerk’ social media ban not enough to curb growing harm from eating disorders, experts say

Onus needs to be on social media companies to make them safer, including allowing users to reset algorithms

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Australia’s eating disorder peak body and leading experts say a social media ban for under 16s is not enough to curb the scale of harm being done to young people on platforms, with one describing it as a “knee-jerk” policy response.

They are instead calling on the government to make changes to the legislation governing platforms and forcing providers to be more transparent about algorithms, including allowing people to reset them, and for the removal of harmful content.

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