00:00So we've said that we will raise the age of consent for young people using social media to 60
00:06and we've already said that we'll ban mobile phones in schools and this is the next stage of
00:11our intervention and we're doing this simply because far too many young people are firstly
00:17spending far too much time on social media platforms that are designed to capture their
00:22attention for long periods and also during the course of that they're often being exposed to
00:28content that's completely inappropriate for their age. So we're taking a very sensible and
00:33measured step to raise that age. It's in line with what parents want, it's actually in line with what
00:39children want and we're looking very closely at what's happening in Australia and France
00:43who are a few years ahead of us.
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