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Government vows to bring in under-16 social media restrictions by end of year
Key takeaways
- Banning social media for children, as has happened in Australia, is one of the options being considered.
- Campaigners are split on whether an outright ban on social apps for children is the best approach.
- Since March, the government has been asking parents and children if measures including app curfews and stronger age checks would improve online safety, and trialled these in some UK homes.
Liv Mc Mahon,technology reporterand Zoe Kleinman,technology editor Getty Images New measures on social media for under-16s will be brought in by the end of the year, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has said, as a government consultation on the matter comes to an end.
Banning social media for children, as has happened in Australia, is one of the options being considered. Kendall said a response to the consultation would come in the summer, with action taken by the end of the year.
Campaigners are split on whether an outright ban on social apps for children is the best approach.
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