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Summary 4
1 Policy background 5
1.1 Children’s social media use 5
1.2 Online harms faced by children 7
1.3 Online platforms and the “digital age of consent” 7
1.4 The Online Safety Act 2023 8
1.5 Research project on the impact of social media use on children’s wellbeing (November 2024) 12
1.6 Ongoing concerns about children’s online safety 13
1.7 Children’s smartphone and social media use 15
1.8 Commons debate on children and social media (February 2025) 19
2 The bill 22
Annex: How bills go through Parliament 24