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- Over the past few months @KanishkaNarayan travelled across the UK, listening to parents, teachers and young people about life online. Their voices helped shape our action: a ban on social media platforms offering services to under-16s, and stronger protections for 16 and
- How can AI make ultrasound scans 40% faster? 🤖⚡ Fraiya, a @KingsCollegeLon spin out, uses AI to automate measurements during ultrasound scans, helping tackle sonographer shortages and improve women's health.
- Childhood shouldn't be shaped by algorithms designed to keep young people scrolling. Our new protections for 16 and 17-year-olds will help create healthier online habits, because growing up online should mean more balance, more freedom and more time for the things that matter.
- 🗣️ "We have taken some of the most robust action against social media companies when it comes to young people." AI and Online Safety Minister @KanishkaNarayan speaks to @BBCBreakfast about new measures we’re introducing to protect 16 and 17-year-olds from the most addictive
