NSPCC Chief Exec calls social media ban a ‘victory’

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NSPCC Chief Executive, Chris Sherwood, calls the ban on social media for under-16s a “victory for parents and children”, but says “there’s much more that the government needs to be doing”. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Today is a victory for parents and for children and it's really good to see the commitment and

00:03the ambition from the government with their plans to announce the social media ban for under 16s

00:08and that's a great first start but there's much more the government needs to be doing. We really

00:12need to see that this ban includes really robust age checks and we don't have the loopholes that

00:17we've seen in Australia with their social media ban and we also need to see action with the way

00:21these platforms are designed. We need to tackle addictive design of these platforms as well

00:26because young people are telling us they're sick and tired of being sucked into doom scrolling

00:29because the way these platforms have been designed.

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