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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Margaret Davis

Terror laws watchdog: under-16s should be off social media

The terror laws watchdog said lonely children find meaning online but this leaves some at risk of being radicalised. (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Under-16s should be banned from social media as platforms either cannot or will not regulate content well enough and the UK lacks the manpower to force them to do so, the reviewer of terrorism laws has said.

Jonathan Hall KC told the Press Association that the online world should be at the front and centre of all national security decisions, as children spend hours every day online.

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