All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media curfew but will be able to...
Read MoreLast week, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced a sweeping ban on under-16s that would stop them accessing social media apps including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook by 2027.The move has been...
Read MoreWith the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?In a video posted...
Read MoreCommons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting childrenMPs have voted against a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime...
Read MoreConservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms ‘profiting from their anxiety’UK politics live – latest updatesThe Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent...
Read MoreThe policy to cut off social media access for more than 2 million under-16s remains popular with Australians, while other countries look to follow suitOn the lawns of the prime minister’s Kirribilli residence in Sydney,...
Read MoreGen z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting backLate one night in April 2020, towards the start of the...
Read MorePeter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bansThe boss of the UK’s leading children’s charity has attacked the...
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