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What teenagers really think about social media
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February 11, 2026
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1:30Now Playing‘I just don’t like how I look. When I was a kid, I didn’t care.’
The Children's Commissioner is calling for urgent action to tackle online ads targeting children on social media, which promote potentially harmful appearance-changing products like weight loss drugs and skin-lightening products.
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Channel 4 News spoke to a group of young people in Leeds about the effect social media has had on them and whether it should be banned.
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