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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Josh Payne

Government has carried out no modelling on under-16 social media ban impacts

Stock photo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, social media app icons on a smart phone (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

Campaigners have warned lawmakers against “rushing into” a ban on social media for under-16s after it emerged the Government has carried out no internal modelling of its key impacts.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) revealed it has “not done any modelling or analysis” on the impact such measures would have in areas such as mental health, access to news and how young people might bypass any restrictions.

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