Australia became the first country to kick kids off social media and people in B.C. are ready to follow suit.

It doesn’t take a research team to point out the negative effects of social media on young people, just search “looksmaxxing” or the glory days of the Tide Pod challenge.

Here are the results from an Angus Reid survey:

60: Per cent of British Columbians polled said most teens are incapable of using social media responsibly.
81: Per cent of British Columbians polled would support a full ban on social media use for anyone under 16.
91: Per cent of British Columbians polled support banning certain apps for people under 16, or requiring parental consent.
47: Per cent of British Columbians polled would want to ban TikTok, the highest rate for any social media app.
73: Per cent of British Columbians polled would want social media companies to face punishment under a hypothetical youth social media ban, rather than parents.
75: Per cent of British Columbians polled said that parents should be the ones who are primarily responsible for regulating their teens’ social media usage.
2: Issues with social media have 97 per cent of BCers polled concerned; social media addiction and mental health impacts. Angus Reid didn’t ask about social media convincing kids to eat laundry detergent pods.
74: Per cent of British Columbians polled were concerned about political radicalization on social media.
39: Teens went to poison control centres in B.C. in two weeks back in 2018 because of the Tide Pod challenge. To be fair, they do look weirdly appetizing.
73: Per cent of British Columbians polled said the teenagers in their house use social media.