A study of 5,000 Italian pupils in Nature Human Behaviour links early, heavy social media use to worse grades in maths, adding fuel to Europe’s push to keep children off the apps.

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Teenagers who start using social media at a younger age are up to six months behind at school by their GCSE years, a new study suggests.