Doctors warn social media 'ranks alongside smoking' for children's health
Wes Streeting claimed big tech was similar to the tobacco industry in terms of its tactics for designing addictive platforms
Wes Streeting Urges Social Media Ban
- Wes Streeting says social media firms should be treated like tobacco industry as he piles pressure on Keir Starmer to introduce a ban for under-16s Daily Mail —
- Wes Streeting compares social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban Mirror —
- Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say BBC News —
- 'Childhood has got worse': Major UK survey reveals devastating toll of social media on family life with parents describing addiction, conflict and regret as government consultation on children's online safety closes Daily Mail —
- Streeting likens social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban Nation.Cymru —