🇬🇧 UK PM KEIR STARMER ANNOUNCED TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16s.

PM KEIR STARMER: “We’re giving children their childhoods back.”
Key points👇
- Under-16s banned from most major social media platforms
- X, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, Snapchat and others affected
- Stricter age verification requirements
-New limits on messaging strangers and livestreaming
- AI companion chatbots banned for under-18s
- Social media curfews reportedly being considered for older teens
- Parents expected to play a bigger role in online supervision
- Other countries will be watching closely
- Could become a blueprint for future internet regulation worldwide
This is much bigger than a social media story.
It’s a story about how governments choose to shape the future of the internet.