We need to combat TikTok misinformation – but our MPs aren’t the ones to do it

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Are we really buying it that teenagers are going to listen to government ministers? (PA)

This week, a cross-party committee urged ministers to develop a TikTok strategy to combat dangerous misinformation consumed by young people online.

As someone who speaks to teenagers on a daily basis, I fully support tackling the masses of flippant, misleading and downright dangerous news plaguing social media.

But are we really buying it that teenagers are going to listen to government ministers?