UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Keir Starmer Anna Barclay/Getty Numerous social media apps will be banned for under-16s in the UK after Prime Minister Keir Starmer introduced landmark legislation and a promise to deliver “world leading action.” The likes of X, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok will become unavailable to teenagers in the nation, following the lead of Australia, which introduced a full ban late last year. “Children will be given back their childhoods,” the government said this morning as it unveiled more detail and stated an aim to “capture user-to-user platforms, whose purpose is to enable social interaction and which allow users to post material, alongside algorithms.” blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article1-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos',…

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