Wes Streeting joins crusade for internet clampdown 'because social media is like tobacco'

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Wes Streeting joins crusade for internet clampdown 'because social media is like tobacco'.

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Wes Streeting has joined a deluge of calls for a ban on "unhealthy" social media - despite fears of a "dangerous path" towards a nanny state.The former Health Secretary claimed large technology companies were avoiding regulations, likening them to the tobacco lobby, as he demanded furhter restrictions on internet usage.The Government will close a consultation on a ban today, with ministers set to make a decision based on its findings within weeks.Mr Streeting said last night: "Social media should be treated like tobacco - it's extremely addictive, bad for our health, and Big Tech is borrowing the Big Tobacco playbook to avoid regulation.

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