What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?

Ministers are considering imposing an under-16 age restriction on social media as well as other options to limit app use. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Keir Starmer has told social media firms that “things can’t go on like this” in a meeting with tech bosses in Downing Street as pressure mounts for tougher restrictions on the industry.

Ministers are considering imposing an under-16 age restriction on social media as well as other options to limit app use.