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Social Media Corporations Must Be Told to Take Decisive Action

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Monday, 8 June, 2026
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Sir Edward Leigh in the Chamber

 

Social Media companies are rotting our children's minds with addictive algorithms. While I'm usually sceptical of outright bans as they rarely work and can lead to criminality, urgent action is needed now or the situation will worsen. In the chamber I advised the Minister that the Government must take decisive action and tell the Social Media companies that they are in the last chance saloon.

You can watch my statement in the commons here.

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