UK Education Committee Publishes Government Response to Report on Children's Screentime, Calls for Social Media Ban for Children

The UK Education Committee has published the government's response to its report on children's screentime, 'Growing up in the online world.' The Committee reiterated its call for the government to ban social media for children and to restrict addictive design features like infinite scrolling and algorithm-driven content, as part of a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital services used by children.