The government has been accused of "gutting" a potential landmark bill to stop children "doom scrolling" after its proposals were watered down.
Labour MP Josh MacAlister had originally planned for his Safer Phones legislation to include a ban on the devices in classrooms, a well as raising the "digital age of consent" at which social media can be used to 16.
In the face of ministerial opposition, the bill now just calls for chief medical officers to review the evidence on screen-based harms within a year – before deciding if there should be higher age restrictions on access to apps such as TikTok and Snapchat.
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