77% Favor a Ban on Social Media Use by Children

Publication Date: 09/07/2025 11:00 AM CST

77% Favor a Ban on Social Media Use by Children

Publication: 09/07/2025 11:00 AM CST

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77% of registered voters favor a proposal to ban the use of social media by children.
- Only 16% oppose.
Three quarters (75%) think that parents should decide when their children are old enough to use social media.
- Only 17% think the federal, state, or local government should decide. Even fewer (3%) think that social media companies should decide.
An overwhelming 89% of voters favor requiring tech companies to give parents control of what social media applications their children can access.
When asked what age children should be allowed to access social media, a majority of voters (62%) think that by the time children are 16 or 17 years old, they should be able to decide.
- More Democrats (40%) than Republicans (29%) believe that 16-17 is the right age.

The most recent data cited is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen September 2-3, 2025. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.