UK terror watchdog calls for Australian-style child social media ban

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2026-01-03

London (PA Media/dpa) - The UK should enforce an Australian-style social media ban to prevent teenagers from being radicalised online, the government's independent terrorism watchdog has suggested. Jonathan Hall KC warned the internet had become a "portal to horrific acts of violence," and that interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) such as extremist chatbots could lead young misfits "down the dial of death." Writing in the Telegraph, he s......

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