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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Will Meakin-Durrant

MPs reject Lords-backed social media ban for a second time

Conservative former minister Lord Nash had proposed a default ban on children using the social media platforms deemed harmful (Alamy/PA) -

MPs have rejected calls for a default ban on children accessing social media for a second time.

They voted by 256 to 150, majority 106, to side with the Government on its plan to tackle social media-linked harms affecting children.

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