Keeping Children Safe Online

Danny and the Liberal Democrats are fighting to keep children safe online.

Social media is one of the biggest mental health risks to children. There is a strong, growing body of evidence that addictive algorithms and harmful content are damaging children’s mental and physical health.

Danny is calling for urgent action to keep children safe online, including:

Banning under-16s from accessing social media, with a new ‘age rating’ system in place for websites. This approach is supported by over 40 charities, including the NSPCC, the Molly Rose Foundation, and the Internet Watch Foundation.
A “Ban on Doom Scrolling” to cap the amount of time young people can spend on these apps to two hours a day, so they can have the chance to break free from the addictive monotony that doom scrolling brings.
Banning AI mental health chatbots, which purport to be children's friends.
A legal ban on smartphone use in schools, enshrining existing guidance into law.

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