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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ted Hennessey

Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from social media

Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservative Party would ban under-16s from accessing social media platforms if it were in power.

The Tory leader told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme that platforms were profiting from children’s “anxiety” and “distraction” and were “designed to be addictive”.

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