Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

Headteachers' conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reported

Social media operators must be brought to heel" for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and parents, according to a senior school leader.

Manny Botwe, the president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will tell the association's annual conference that teachers are reporting increased bullying, abuse and the malicious use of deepfakes" against pupils and staff through social media.