Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’
(www.theguardian.com)
Underage drinking is still more common than it should be,
Sure, but it's significantly lower than legal drinking.
We as a society acknowledge the harm of underage drinking so prohibition is effective. Prohibition of adult drinking was puritan bullshit the majority didn't agree with so it didn't work.
I think you'd find a majority of parents agree social media is shit, but they're unwilling to isolate their child. In this case prohibition would be effective.