Brain experts tell the UK government there's 'very little' scientific evidence that phones are harming kids — but a social media ban is going ahead anyway
- Experts say more evidence is needed on kids' phone use
- They were speaking in a House of Commons Select Committee
- Right now "almost everything is correlational"
The UK government has now put in motion a plan to ban under-16s from accessing social media content in apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok — but elsewhere in the corridors of Westminster, experts are advising politicians that there's not much in the way of solid evidence when it comes to phone use and the childhood brain.
Speaking at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee this week in the House of Commons (via The Register), academics said that there just isn't enough data to show how social media and phone use might be shaping young minds as they develop.
"There is very little, if any, causal research in the early years," said Professor Denis Mareschal, who is the director of the Centre...
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