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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry · Live Science

A close up of a ring-shaped light with a phone in the middle filming a girl on a yoga mat behind it.

A social media ban is being considered in the U.S. and U.K., while Australia has already passed legislation banning social media for children under 16.

(Image credit: Olga Rolenko via Getty Images)

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Content Manager, Live Science

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Live Science. Formerly, she was the Content Manager at Space.com and before that the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics research institute. Kenna is also a book author, with her upcoming book 'Octopus X' scheduled for release in spring of 2027. Her beats include physics, health, environmental science, technology, AI, animal intelligence, corvids, and cephalopods.

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