📢 Momentum is growing.
Hugh Grant has backed calls for a social media ban for under-16s, ahead of a House of Lords debate.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/hugh-grant-backs-call-for-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-ahead-of-lords-debate/ar-AA1UEl91
While the focus is on addiction and wellbeing, the EM Radiation Research Trust has long warned of another serious risk: children’s exposure to wireless radiation from mobile phones, Wi-Fi, and masts.
Protecting children means addressing both digital harms and physical health risks.
Safeguarding children online needs to avoid anything that could slide into intrusive age-verification, biometric requirements or a sweeping digital identity system without robust privacy protections. We’ve raised concerns in our evidence to Parliament about proposed digital IDs for newborns and broader civil liberties impacts: https://radiationresearch.org/digital-ids-for-newborns-a-growing-concern/