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UK to Ban Social Media for Under-16s Starting Next Year
Big tech companies design their products to maximize user attention, often without regard to whether the content is beneficial, especially for children. Beeban Kidron, author of 'Users,' joins Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini the need for government inter
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