Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday said the country will ban social media for children under the age of 15 as mobile phones and social networks were “stealing our children’s childhood".

Speaking on the first day of Folketing, the Danish parliament, Frederiksen announced the proposal and said: “We have unleashed a monster. Never before have so many children and young people suffered from anxiety and depression."

She further said many children were also suffering from difficulty in reading and concentrating as “on screens they see things no child or young person should see".

While not specifying which social networks will be included in the ban, she said that it would cover “several" social media platforms.

The Guardian quoted the PM citing figures showing that 60% of 11-

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