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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Y. Áine Fox

Be careful what you post on social media, MP warns, after tweet apology

Labour MP Lauren Edwards advised young people to be careful when posting online (Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

Young people should “be careful” about posting “whatever pops into your head” on social media, an MP has advised as she re-stated an apology for a series of tweets she previously admitted deeply regretting making in her 20s.

Lauren Edwards, who is heading up the effort to legalise assisted dying after it ran out of time in the last Parliament, said if people make comments online and “don’t think it through properly”, they can “really store up problems”, citing her own experience.

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