Social media to be banned for under-16s in UK, Keir Starmer announces

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that social media will be banned for under-16s in the UK.

The decision is a landmark move from the Labour Party leader, and follows in the footsteps of what Australia did at the end of last year – when it introduced the world-first social media ban for children under 16 in December, under the Online Safety Amendment Act.

While Australia’s ruling banned 10 major platforms for under-16s, including TikTok, Instagram...