Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people
by Kiran Stacey Policy editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#72SNP)
PM says he is alarmed at reports about children's screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policy
Keir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on their phones.
The prime minister told Labour MPs on Monday evening he had become alarmed at reports about five-year-olds spending hours in front of screens each day, as well as increasingly worried about the damage social media is doing to under-16s.
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