UK Debates Social Media Addiction and Child Screen Time Amid New Guidance
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has vowed to confront social media companies over child addiction, coinciding with new government guidance on limiting screen time for young children, while public discourse highlights the need for health warnings on social media due to rising screen time for both children and adults.
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Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction
Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched • UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has promised a “fight” with social media firms amid efforts to limit children’s use of mobile phones, tablets and TVs, as new official guidance recommends children under five spend no more than an hour a day on screens. The guidance, developed by a panel led by the children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza and children’s health expert Prof R...
By Jamie Grierson
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