Children arriving at school ‘too tired to learn’ because of infinite scrolling

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File photo dated 03/01/18 of the icons of social media apps, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp, is displayed on a mobile phone screen in London. MPs have urged the Government to enforce a statutory ban on the use of social media for children under 16, as they said tech companies cannot be relied upon to self-regulate. The consultation on access to social media for young people, which closes next week, floats a range of measures such as age restrictions and curfews. Issue date: Thursday May 21, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
A consultation into a social media ban for under-16s is due to conclude next week (Picture: PA)

Kids are turning up at school unable to learn because of late-night scrolling, MPs have warned.

They say that the use of social media makes them distracted...

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