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  "path": "/2026/05/30/an-under-16s-social-media-ban-would-not-be-proportionate-or-effective/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T06:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://theorkneynews.scot",
  "tags": [
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    "Local News",
    "News",
    "children's commissioner",
    "children's rights",
    "social media",
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    "young people"
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  "textContent": "A social media ban for under-16s would not be a proportionate, effective, or enforceable way to currently protect children’s rights, according to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. Commissioner Nicola Killean argues that the available evidence does not show a blanket ban would make children safer online, and may inadvertently push children to less regulated or riskier parts of the internet. She wants existing safeguards to be strengthened, […]",
  "title": "An Under-16s Social Media Ban Would not be Proportionate or Effective."
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