Yesterday, digital marketing strategist Constantine Frantzeskos penned an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, "Social media ban doesn't trust parents to raise their kids". 

The key point of the piece was to encourage the government to invest in digital literacy over blanket bans.

While it is our position that YouTube should not be labeled as a social media platform at all, and therefore excluded from the proposed ban entirely, Frantzeskos raises a good point that while social media is "a double edged sword", it can also "be a force for good, offering children educational resources and social connectivity. For those in remote or rural communities, it's the super powered 'bush telegraph'."

It is a balanced argument against the approach of banning and is well worth a read.