Youth organisation Woodcraft Folk voted to prioritise digital well-being of all ages ahead of the Government’s announced plans for an under-16 social media ban; urging that restrictions should apply to adults as well as young people and that young people’s views should be central to decisions made.

Young people in Woodcraft Folk are demanding that the Government reconsider its policy for an age-only set of restrictions for social media in light of announcements for an under-16 ban. They also raise serious concerns about outright restrictions on some platforms such as YouTube which are used for instructional guides as much as social media.

Following Woodcraft Folk’s Annual Conference, the organisation has adopted a Digital Well-being resolution, unanimously calling on the Government to urgently review and instigate social media restrictions for all ages, rather than solely focusing on its detriment to those aged 16 years and under.