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Students interviewed at Macclesfield Academy in northwest England are broadly positive about Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plans to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s. "[The ban] will help ...

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The law bans social media for users under 14 and requires 15- and 16-year-olds to receive parental consent to create accounts. TikTok has failed to comply with both requirements, the lawsuit says. It ...

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The UK Government made a major announcement today that social media will be banned for under-16s. And not long after, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issued a statement with their reaction to the news.

Social media firms, including Meta and YouTube, have reacted to Keir Starmer's plan to ban the platforms for under-16s. This morning Keir Starmer announced a social media ban for under-16s in the UK ...

Some feel it is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue it is ‘trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’ Which apps will be blocked and how will it work? The UK government has ...