Australia made headlines when it became the first country in the world to ban social media accounts for children under 16. Now, just six months after the law took effect, new research suggests more than 85 per cent of under-16s are still using social media, prompting the government to consider even tougher enforcement.

Is the ban failing to achieve its intended goal, or is it simply too early to judge a policy designed to deliver long-term change?

On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University and Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child to find out more.