I want kids to be safe online, but I don’t believe an Australia-style outright ban is the solution.

These young people recognise dangers of ‘addictive’ social media but have differing views on a total crackdown

I want kids to be safe online, but I don’t believe an Australia-style outright ban is the solution.

As UK ban for under-16s is confirmed, experience of Australian parents of similar restrictions has been mixed

Some feel it is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue it is ‘trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’

Questions remain over enforcement, privacy risk and whether it could open door to even more invasive measures

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Firms claim that new rules to keep under-16s from social media could in fact push them onto less safe services

Six months after the world's first ever social media ban was launched for under-16s in Australia, reviews of its success are mixed.

Britain is getting ready to overhaul how kids use the internet. In a move that’s already sparked fierce debate, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s team wants to block social media…

Retired principal says she would support the banning of smartphones for under-16s

Media regulator says finding effective way to keep children under 16 off social platforms remains unknown territory