Youth Work and Online Lives

What do you think about a social media ban for under 16s? What will be the impact for young people and what are the issues that the youth work sector needs to engage with right now? Are there alternative approaches? This survey is for those who work with children and young people in Scotland. Please help us influence by sharing your views.

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What do you think about a social media ban for under 16s? What will be the impact for young people and what are the issues that the youth work sector needs to engage with right now? Are there alternative approaches? This survey is for those who work with children and young people in Scotland.

We need as many youth workers as possible to get involved.

Take the survey

Please help us influence by sharing your views. All responses will be anonymised.

The UK Government is currently consulting on children and young people’s social media use and exploring what further legislation is required and what further action they will take in this area. The youth work voice is important in this conversation.

We are gathering your views on this important issue so we can:

This survey will be open until Monday 4th May 2026.

Some of the questions in our short survey align directly with the main UK Government consultation.

Please make sure you also complete the UK Government Consultation as well as this survey and encourage young people also to fill out the UK Government Consultation, they have a specific survey for young people aged 10-to-21.

UK Government Consultation

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