Children could face a two -hour limit Social media Like Tikokok And Snapchat The Secretary of Science and Technology has said as part of a government scheme to crack down on the use of “binding” phones.
Peter KyleWhich is due to making an announcement in the autumn, warned of young people’s impact on sleep and their ability to focus on the study for examination, saying that he was worried “The total amount of children Spend these apps “as well as their content.
Between thoughts The seriously being considered is a two -hour cap per forum, According to the report, night time or school-time curfew has also been discussed. Australia last year Passed a law to ban all under social media 16However, Britain is not expected to go to him.
Mr. Kyle said that “he was looking very carefully about the overall time spending children on these apps”.
Sky News said, “I think some parents feel a little dissatisfied about making their children healthy online.”
“I think some children think that sometimes with interaction with apps that they are so essentially treated that they require some help to control their online life and are things that I really look carefully.
He said, “We talk a lot about a healthy childhood offline. We need to do the same online. I think sleep is very important, it is very important to be able to focus on studies.”
He said that he wanted to prevent children from spending hours, which is “not criminal, but it is unhealthy, some of these apps excessive use”.
“I think we can encourage companies and we can set a slightly different limit that will just tip the balance in favor of the parents, who are not always those who are taking out the phone from the hands of children and are really strange, hard conversations around it,” he said.
It comes after Angela Rener On Tuesday, warned that the time has been spent online, a major factor with weak social harmony in the UK and a major factor with immigration.
Warning that UK has to face A repetition of Last year’s summer riots Unless the government shows that it can overcome the concerns of the people “, the Deputy Prime Minister said that there was a deep impact on the society on the issue.
He told the colleagues: “Economic insecurity, rapid speed of D-Industrailization, immigration and impact on local communities and public services, technological changes and people who were spending online alone, and the decline in trusts in institutions was having a profound impact on society.”
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