Take it from someone who was on the internet at 10 years old: a ban won’t keep children off TikTok

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It’s easy to talk tough on tech, as Michelle Donelan, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has shown this week. In an interview with the Telegraph, Donelan warned that social media platforms could be on the hook for “humongous” fines if they allowed under-13s to remain on their platforms. “If that means deactivating the accounts of nine-year-olds or eight-year-olds, then they’re going to have to do that,” the cabinet minister said. The approach sounds all well and good in theory. It’s red meat to the pearl-clutching, law and order Tories who believe the world is full of...