Students divided on merits of possible social media ban

Rodney College vice principal Georgina Hackett. Mahurangi College Middle School Council teacher in charge Ingrid Meets. Earlier this month, the National Party proposed legislation to ban social media for under 16-year-olds in an effort to help protect them against cyber-bullying, inappropriate content and addiction. Although in its infancy, the proposal appears to have support from both sides of the House, so Mahurangi Matters will explore what children, parents, teachers and experts think of the initiative in our Social Media Ban for U16s series. We sat down with two of groups of six students...