‘I’m a teenager – I think we should ban social media for under-16s’

Not all teenagers are opposed to ditching social media for good (Picture: Anadolu Agency)

When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book – she logs onto TikTok.

The Manchester secondary school pupil knows what this sounds like. Just an excuse to scroll and scroll and scroll for half an hour. Two hours tops.

But Emily says that social media websites and apps are her go-to revision tools because she has autism, making learning at school tricky.