EXCLUSIVE: As social media is set to be banned for under-16's we chat to those on the frontline trying to tackle the harm it can cause to young children - and why the ban is a good idea for development in schools

EXCLUSIVE: As social media is set to be banned for under-16's we chat to those on the frontline trying to tackle the harm it can cause to young children - and why the ban is a…

Some feel it is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue it is ‘trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’

The digital environment minors have been handed was optimised for compulsion and is indifferent to developmental harm

A ban alone could make things worse. A good strategy needs more educational content – and more money, says Rosie Parkyn, executive director of the Guardian Foundation