Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive

Lisa Nandy, pictured in Downing Street in July, said: ‘We shouldn’t accept that this is the end.’ Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock

Lisa Nandy has warned technology firms that the government’s online safety crackdown is not finished, saying that banning under-16s from social media platforms is only a “staging post”.

Earlier this year the government announced that teenagers under the age of 16 would be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps, while safer platforms would be subjected to restrictions.