Children aged 12 to 15 spend more than 20 hours online every week, the children’s commissioner says ALAMYTeenagers face being cut off from social media sites after a few hours’ browsing under proposals being drawn up to tame the “wild west” of the internet. Ministers are looking at imposing a limit on time spent by children on social media platforms amid concern that overuse damages mental health. Matt Hancock, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, told The Times that he wanted varying time cut-offs for different ages on sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. “There is a genuine concern about the amount of screen time young people are clocking up and the negative impact it could have on their lives,” he said. “It is right that we think about what more we could do in this area.”The…

Source: The Times March 10, 2018 00:00 UTC