UK announces social media ban for under-16s
Children under the age of 16 will be banned from using social media in the United Kingdom from early next year, the British government announced on Monday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that popular social media platforms such as Snapchat , TikTok , YouTube , Instagram , Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) were "designed to be addictive," making them "dangerous" and making youngsters "unhappy." The ban, which Starmer hopes will be passed into law by December and come into force early in 2027,
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