The above question was asked to the It-Your-Vote community.
We provided additional information for the question which was:
"With a growing number of teenagers spending more than 8 hours a day on social media and with the rise in mental health issues with teenagers - do you think there is a link? Should we be putting better protection for teenagers on time spent on social media, regardless of if there is a mental health risk, is it not our duty to protect them from staring at a screen for too long. Or, it is another case of a nanny state trying to put too many rules and it should be up to teenagers/parents to decide. ".
The available answers for this questions were:
No view
Yes-Government should outline rules on amount of usage is allowed per day
No-Teenagers/Parents to decided
The winning answer was "Yes-Government should outline rules on amount of usage is allowed per day" with 59.67% of the total vote.
| Answer | Percentage |
|---|---|
| For Teenagers Parents | 30.64% |
| No view | 9.67% |
| Yes-rules are needed | 59.67% |
| Answer | Male % | Female % | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|
| No view | 4.83% | 4.83% | 9.67% |
| Yes-rules are needed | 40.32% | 19.35% | 59.67% |
| For Teenagers Parents | 20.96% | 9.67% | 30.64% |