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Lisa Nandy urges YouTube and TikTok to promote better content for children

Lisa Nandy urges YouTube and TikTok to promote better content for children



UK culture minister says government wants to ‘open a dialogue’, but will intervene if platforms do not complyThe UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has written to video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube and TikTok, urging them to promote higher quality educational content to children.Recent statistics suggest that although a decade ago children watched an average of two hours’ television a day, that has since dropped by more than 70%. Instead, children were migrating to YouTube, TikTok and other streaming platforms between the ages of four and eight, Nandy said. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/30/lisa-nandy-urges-youtube-and-tiktok-to-promote-better-content-for-children

Author : Rachel Hall

Publish date : 2024-12-30 10:15:58

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