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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams Education editor

Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

A child on a mobile phone
‘As a society, we have the right to demand the protection of our children,’ Manny Botwe is expected to say. Photograph: PeopleImages.com/Yuri A/Shutterstock/PeopleImages.com - Yuri A

Social media operators must be “brought to heel” for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and parents, according to a senior school leader.

Manny Botwe, the president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will tell the association’s annual conference that teachers are reporting increased bullying, abuse and the malicious use of “deepfakes” against pupils and staff through social media.

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