These measures will transition kids to full social media access after graduating from the social media ban for under-16s.
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Older teens, aged 16 and 17, will face social media curfews and a ban on addictive features from spring 2027.
Paul Hill
Neowin
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The UK government will implement an overnight social media curfew for teenagers aged sixteen and seventeen. This new measure aims…
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The UK social media curfew would switch off apps overnight for 16 and 17-year-olds and limit infinite scrolling by default, from…
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The restrictions, which can be turned off, will include a crackdown on “addictive” app features and will be in addition to a…
Proposed measures would see teens aged 16 and 17 have default overnight social media curfew, with autoplay, infinite scroll also…
UK social media curfew proposed for older teens
