513
UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
306 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Under-16s will be banned from using social media, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced.

Starmer says social media is making children unhappy, making it easier for bullies to abuse children, and is "designed to be addictive". A ban would give children more time, security, and more freedom to grow up - as well as more opportunities, he adds.

"That is all any parent wants. They want to know that Britain will be better for their children, that they will get a fair chance," the PM says in a speech in Downing Street.

Starmer adds that the government is "not prepared to compromise" on the safety and happiness of children - and that includes in the regulation and enforcement of this ban. He says the government has listened to and learned from countries like Australia, where a similar ban has already been introduced.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 4 months ago

You don’t press a button and an old society disappears and a new one is born next morning at seven o’clock. Society is changed organically, you slough off the old and the new takes the place. You do what you can for people and work for change. And I don’t mind how hard people want to push. But I’ve no patience with people who want to sit back and talk about a blueprint for society and do nothing about it. I got that in Chicago.

  • Also Tommy Douglas
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent