Tories pledge to block social media for under 16s and stop tech giants profiting from children’s ‘anxiety’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says the party would ban social media for under-16s if they came to power

For many young people, social media is part of everyday life, but that could be about to change.

If the Conservatives return to power, their leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to ban all platforms for under-16s.

The Tory leader told BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that social media platforms, which she says were ‘designed to be addictive’, were profiting from children’s...