Edu-committee wants social media ban to save mental health

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UK’s Education Committee: Social media ban a must to save children’s mental health

Committee says tech companies are failing children and cannot be trusted to self-regulate

UK Parliament’s Education Committee is advocating for a statutory ban on social media for under-16s, saying “addictive” platforms are harming their development, behavior, and mental health, sometimes leading to “truly horrific consequences.”

Committee chair Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, said: “From bullying and misogyny to abuse and sexual exploitation, children and young people growing up today face a deluge of serious harms whenever they log on to social media.

“The same platforms that connect them to their friends, or introduce them to new hobbies, are putting their mental health and wellbeing at risk.”

As well as a ban, the committee also wants to see the government take action on the “addictive design elements” social media platforms incorporate into their...

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