We should be asking whether a system built around anonymity can ever provide a safe environment for young people

Children under 16 will be barred from creating or maintaining accounts on major social media platforms

Media regulator says finding effective way to keep children under 16 off social platforms remains unknown territory

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A blanket ban could lead young people into greater danger on less regulated or entirely unregulated sites

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

We should be asking whether a system built around anonymity can ever provide a safe environment for young people

With the government announcing that children and young teens will be unable to access certain platforms as they have before, many expect a generation raised on such apps will be…