Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

Lord Nash said social media companies have taken a ‘cavalier approach’ to content damaging to children

The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s but peers voted to move faster

British Lords tried to push through a social media for children only two weeks after lawmakers in the lower house overturned a previous attempt.