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A survey of West Australian parents has revealed almost half believe social media has a “somewhat or extremely negative impact on their lives”, and believe 16 or older is the right age for a child to have an internet-enabled smartphone.

And 88 per cent of the 726 parents surveyed backed the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s.

But when it came to their own social media use, the parents admitted it was a case of “do as I say, not as I do”.

Of the 92 per cent of parents surveyed who used social media, 96 per cent used it every day, and 99 per cent accessed it via a mobile phone.