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Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say

measures including app curfews and stronger age checks would improve online safety, and [trialled these in some UK homes](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn89g3ngkyzo). "The question isn't whether we're going to act - we will," Kendall

EU needs to delay social media access for children - von der Leyen

online by July. Several countries in Europe and around the world have already introduced social media bans for minors, and von der Leyen did not rule that out. "The discussion about a minimum

‘A tsunami of harm’: views on tackling online safety for under-16s in the UK

measures that reflected users’ ages. As one said, they wanted gradual exposure to social media so that they can “have freedom and make mistakes”. There was a lot of discussion about the behaviour of others

NSPCC reports sharp rise in children being blackmailed over sexual images in UK

UK last year, according to a leading charity. The NSPCC said contacts with its Childline service relating to online sexual abuse and exploitation rose by 36% last year, driven by an increase in cases related

I've never seen anything like the abuse during this election

children he had sexually assaulted. The Halifax-born politician was also told to "get out of the UK", "speak English" and another poster said he was a "cancer" who needed to be deported. "I have