Experts suggest that default limits on likes, late-night use restrictions, and filters could offer protection to young users of Instagram and Facebook. Nonetheless, further measures remain possible.

In Australia, the implementation of the world’s first social media ban for children has encountered challenges since its introduction this year.

As a psychologist specializing in adolescent behavior, Sophia Choukas-Bradley has observed clients who spend considerable time obsessively refreshing their screens after posting on social media. They monitor the accumulation of likes, with some resorting to purchasing fake ones, while others delete posts that don’t attract enough attention.