Social media ban bold and blunt, but no silver bullet
News Source : BBC News
News Summary
- Sir Keir Starmer announces UK social media ban for under-16s.
- There will be additional curbs which will impact older children, aged 16 and 17.
- A night-time curfew is expected to be part of this.
- Australia's ban has faced well-documented problems, not least because the majority of children who had social media accounts before the ban was enforced in December, still have them.
- There is talk that the ban will not be a "silver bullet" but will still make some difference.
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