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U.K. looks to ban kids under 16 from social media: Should Canada do the same?

Lawmakers in the U.K. are proposing a ban on social media for kids under the age of 16. Jay Olson is a UofT Postdoctoral Fellow studying smartphone addiction, and he speaks on how having a cellphone at a young age effects the brain.

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