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Starmer tasks Government with taking ‘game-changer’ social media action

Ministers have previously come under pressure in Parliament to ban children from the social media platforms deemed harmful.

Evening Standard

Streeting likens social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban

The Government’s consultation closes at the end of Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Social media as dangerous as smoking for children, doctors warn

They say they are seeing ‘a wave of radicalised children’ who have been exposed to hateful content

The Independent UK

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Kendall ‘aiming to put forward social media restriction plans before the summer’

The Government said late on Monday it will introduce ‘age or functionality restrictions’ on social media for under-16s.

Evening Standard

Government promises to impose social media restrictions on under-16s: ‘The status quo cannot continue’

The move has been hailed as a ‘huge step forward in keeping children safe’

The Independent UK

Social media restrictions for children ‘need to stand test of time’ – Phillipson

The Education Secretary said it is ‘not a question of whether we take further action to protect young people, it’s the shape of that action.’

Evening Standard

Mobile phone ban in schools sparks cost and social media concerns

The Government is introducing an amendment to its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to make a ban on mobile phones in schools statutory. Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), warned that this statutory ban might merely shift the problem of phone use from…

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MPs reject social media ban for under-16s a second time

The Government is set to gain a wide, flexible power to curb children’s social media use

The Independent UK

MPs reject Lords-backed social media ban for a second time

The Government is set to gain a wide, flexible power to curb children’s social media use which could include curfews or scrolling limits.

Evening Standard

House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban

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The Independent UK

House of Lords pushes for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

The Guardian - AU

Social media ban for under-16s backed by Lords

Peers voted 261 to 150, majority 111, in support of Lord Nash’s amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Evening Standard

‘I would have done social media ban consultation sooner’ – Ofsted boss

Sir Martyn Oliver told Bett UK: ‘I want children to live their childhoods. I don’t want them to watch it on a screen’.

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant supports social media ban for under-16s: ‘Parents are in an impossible position’

The Hollywood star is one of the signatories in a letter to Kier Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, and Ed Davey, backing the amendment

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Hugh Grant backs call for social media ban for under-16s ahead of Lords debate

The letter is also signed by Esther Ghey, whose 16-year-old daughter Brianna was murdered by two teenagers in 2023.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers launch consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s

Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passing

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