William Hague has called for tighter controls on children’s smartphone usage while urging ministers to stand up to tech giants.
The Oxford chancellor said the government was wrong to water down proposals by Labour MP Josh MacAlister to introduce stronger controls for teenagers on the internet, including raising the age of “internet adulthood” from 13 to 16, banning smartphones in schools, giving Ofcom more powers and changing the way phones are advertised to children.
