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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Wingate

Starmer to issue social media curfew for teenagers in bid to crack down on addictive scrolling

Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face a voluntary overnight social media curfew, the automatic shutdown of infinite scrolling and breaks in AI chatbot use in one of Sir Keir Starmer’s final acts as prime minister.

These changes, part of Sir Keir’s wider restrictions on children’s social media, will see default settings block access for older teenagers between midnight and 6 am.

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