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27:39Now PlayingLast month, the UK government launched a consultation on banning social media for under 16s in the UK as a part of a series of measures which it said are intended to "protect young people's wellbeing."
Now, UK government proposals include tightening legislation around chatbots and a measure requiring tech giants to preserve all of the data on a child's phone if they die.
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