While access to platforms such as Instagram, X, YouTube and Facebook will be blocked, messaging applications such as WhatsApp will not be covered.

The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a forthcoming ban on social media for users under the age of 16 at a Downing Street press conference, saying it…