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UKIE's Nick Poole: "The social media ban will change the rules of engagement"
The UKIE CEO on the UK's planned social media ban for under-16s, how games could get tangled up and what the industry can do about it
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Nick Poole OBE
Job Title
CEO
Organisation UKIE
About
Nick Poole OBE is CEO of Ukie, the trade body for the UK's video games and interactive entertainment industry. He is a champion of the social, educational and wider economic and industrial impact of the industry, with a particular focus on partnerships, policy and public engagement.
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