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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Milmo and Jessica Elgot

Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10

The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, speaking at a podium
The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, said she was not concerned by the intervention and her priority was ‘British young people’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

White House displeasure over the prospect of an under-16 social media ban will not deter the UK from cracking down on tech platforms, the British government has said.

The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, told the Guardian she was not concerned “in the slightest” by the Trump administration’s intervention in the debate over restrictions, after the US embassy in London posted a notice warning against a ban.

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