MPs reject ban on social media for under-16s

Liz Kendall could ‘restrict or ban children of certain ages from accessing social media services and chatbots’. Photograph: ANP/Alamy

A proposed ban on social media for under-16s has been rejected by MPs.

Parliamentarians voted 307 to 173, majority 134, against the proposed change to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill, which was brought forward by Conservative peer and former minister John Nash.