News Summary

• Committee says tech companies are failing children and cannot be trusted to self-regulate.
• UK Parliament’s Education Committee is advocating for a statutory ban on social media for under-16s.
• It says “addictive” platforms are harming their development, behavior, and mental health, sometimes leading to “truly horrific consequences” Committee chair Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, said: “From bullying and misogyny to abuse and sexual exploitation, children and young people growing up today face a deluge of serious harms whenever they log on to social media.”