Evidence backing under-16 social media ban limited, Children’s Commissioner says

Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner has said that evidence on banning social media for under-16s is ‘limited’ (Yui Mok/PA) -

Evidence in support of a ban on social media for under-16s is “limited”, Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner has said.

Nicola Killean, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland, added that introducing a blanket ban would do “little to address underlying issues such as exploitative algorithms”.