How the social media ban could reshape how all of us use the internet
Why some argue the social media ban could have a profound affect on how young people gain new knowledge and the rest of us move around online
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"stare at the wall"
— Isabella , Other
""YouTube is where we all go to learn.""
— Dr Tom Crawford , Academic
""Every young person I have spoken to has told me the same thing: they will find a way around it.""
— Paddy Crump , Activist
""There are some pretty dangerous places for children and teens that make Instagram look like Disneyland.""
— Ari Lightman , Academic
Key People
Ari Lightman is a professor of digital media and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr Tom Crawford, known as Tom Rocks Maths, shares maths skills on YouTube.
A school pupil who went viral discussing screen time.
Paddy Crump is the campaigns director at Flippgen, a youth-led non-profit group.
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