Tech Secretary: Govt will consider social media ban

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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells MPs that the government will bring forward a consultation on "further measures to keeping children safe online", including a possible ban on social media use for under-16s. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Since I was appointed to this role, I have been urgently considering this issue because

00:04keeping children safe online is a top priority for the government and me personally.

00:10So today I can tell the House we will bring forward a swift three-month consultation

00:16on further measures to keep children safe online.

00:20This will include the option of banning social media for children under 16 and raising the

00:28digital age of consent to stop companies using children's data without their or their parents'

00:35consent.

00:36The consultation will include a range of other options, too, such as whether there should

00:40be curfews overnight, breaks to stop excessive use or doom scrolling, how we ensure more rigorous

00:48enforcement of existing laws around age verification and action to address concerns about the use

00:56of VPNs to get around important protections.

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