Harm of social media for children ‘like cancer risk of smoking’
- Posted on February 6, 2025
- By Evening Standard
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Harm of social media for children ‘like cancer risk of smoking’
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Head of counter-terrorism policing said ‘cancer’ of dangerous online content ‘driving violence in our communities and in the lives of young people’.