UK government to ban social media for children under 16, citing the need to protect them from online dangers On June 15, the United Kingdom government announced that it will ban social media for children under 16, with legislation expected to be brought before Parliament before Christmas 2026. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the ban will apply to platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube, but not messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal, according to a press release from the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology. The move follows a public consultation that received more than 116,000 responses,…

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