Hundreds of British teenagers will trial social media bans and time limits on apps as part of consultations over new measures to keep children safe online, the government announced Wednesday.
The pilot was announced hours before the UK's upper house of parliament voted in favour of banning children from social media for the second time, piling pressure on the government to follow suit.
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