Jurors is Los Angeles have found that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed a young woman’s mental health.
Meanwhile the UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16.
Following the unprecedented LA court case, a Question Time audience member asked: “Will the government protect children from social media addiction?”, featuring TV personality and businessman Tom Skinner, Labour MP Jake Richards and Lib Dem MP Layla Moran.
Catch up with the whole of the debate with BBC Question Time on iPlayer and Sounds now.
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