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Starmer Announces UK Social Media Ban for Under-16s

6/14/2026

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  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce a UK ban on social-media for children under 16 tomorrow.
  • Labour MP Russell called the policy a politically driven gamble with young lives.
  • Minister Nandy said most consultation respondents backed the ban and pointed to Australia’s cultural shift as proof.
  • She warned that tech firms, given time to create child-safety tools, could lose the right to market to children if they fail.