UK should act to stop children getting hooked on social media ‘dopamine loops’

Peer Beeban Kidron says it is not nanny state' to stop firms investing billions on making their platforms addictive from targeting under-18s

A leading online safety campaigner has urged the UK government to detoxify the dopamine loops" of addictive social media platforms as tech companies prepare to implement significant child protection measures.

Beeban Kidron, a crossbench peer, asked the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, to use the Online Safety Act to bring forward new codes of conduct on disinformation and on tech features that can lead to children becoming addicted to online content.