Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner Nicola Killean criticizes a proposed social media ban for under-16s announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, warning it could lead children to move to “darker places” online. Killean says she is disappointed by the policy and argues that restricting access to mainstream platforms will not necessarily improve children’s safety on the internet. The commissioner’s position, as reported by outlets covering the same development, is that children may instead find alternative services that are harder to monitor or have fewer safeguards. The reporting also frames Killean’s remarks as a concern about unintended consequences rather than a direct challenge to the aim of protecting children. Overall, the sources agree that Killean does not believe the ban will make young people safer online and warns it may increase exposure to harmful content or environments by pushing users elsewhere.