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KZN Health MEC Highlights Social Media's Impact on Children's Mental Health

BOURNEMOUTH EAST, UK, JUL 3 – MP Tom Hayes cites a Bournemouth East survey showing 97% support for raising digital consent age and calls for stronger regulation of addictive social media apps to protect youth.

  • Law enforcement across the U.S. is warning about the viral 'door-kicking' and 'UrbanEx' social media challenges this summer.
  • The door-kicking challenge involves suspects kicking front doors and fleeing without entering homes, prompting trespassing and vandalism charges.
  • The UrbanEx challenge encourages exploring abandoned buildings, which some defend as exposing historic sites but has led to arrests such as trespassing in the Houston Astrodome.
  • MP Tom Hayes cited over 7,000 child sexual communication offences last year and MI5 warnings of online radicalization of children as young as 12 to urge action on social media harms.
  • Experts note such trends encourage risky, clout-driven behavior lacking empathy, while public surveys support raising digital consent ages and regulating addictive app designs to protect childhood.
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On the Internet, there are many sites where children have nothing to lose. Nevertheless, they have access. There have long been methods to prevent this. However, the operators do not participate.

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Zero Hedge broke the news in United States on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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