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UK social media ban may lock out more than 100,000 teenagers without ID

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UK social media ban may lock out more than 100,000 teenagers without ID
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Watchdog says under-16 ban may affect older teenagers without passport or licence, and that ‘motivated children’ will skirt restrictionsMore than 100,000 British teenagers risk being locked out of social media if they do not have a passport.

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