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‘Social media restrictions needed to protect children’
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. SABC News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 3 Oct 2026, 19:05 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Social media restrictions needed to protect children’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
North West University Speech Language Therapist, Linique Hanekom, says social media restrictions are needed to protect children from harmful content and screen time limitations could also be considered. She says she agrees with the South African government that banning social media for children under the age of 16 is not…
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