I think that the cure is possibly worse than the disease. “Advocates say ban will drive traffic to unregulated alternatives”
A better solution would be to work towards education/awareness about internet safety for parents and youth.
Within the next 5 years I fully expect that every corporate social media will have full age and ID verification in most countries. Horrible for digital privacy rights.
“Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would run an age verification trial before introducing age minimum laws for social media this year.”
https://www.reuters.com/technology/australia-plans-social-media-ban-children-2024-09-09/