Sir Keir Starmer is under fresh pressure to accelerate his attempts to tighten controls over children’s use of social media after the government was defeated on the issue in the House of Lords on Wednesday.
Peers approved an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill by 261 votes to 150 that would impose a social media ban on young people below the age of 16 — a policy that came into force in Australia last month.
The amendment was put forward by a group of peers from different parties including Labour’s Baroness Luciana Berger, Liberal Democrat Baroness Floella Benjamin and the Conservative Lord John Nash.
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