The authorities has been accused of "gutting" a possible landmark invoice to cease kids "doom scrolling" after its proposals have been watered down.
Labour MP Josh MacAlister had initially deliberate for his Safer Phones laws to incorporate a ban on the units in lecture rooms, a properly as elevating the "digital age of consent" at which social media can be utilized to 16.
In the face of ministerial opposition, the invoice now simply requires chief medical officers to evaluation the proof on screen-based harms inside a yr – earlier than deciding if there must be increased age restrictions on entry to apps equivalent to TikTook and Snapchat.
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