RCI : More countries are pushing for youth social media bans. Is the world reaching a tipping point

RCI / Jessica Wong (new window) · CBC News 

With an increasing number of countries implementing social media bans for young users, there’s a growing sense that these restrictions are becoming more common and that social platforms could face a reckoning.

On Monday, Britain joined those countries, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing legislation to ban British children under 16 from a range of social media apps, with multimillion-dollar fines for platforms that fail to take reasonable steps to bar accounts for these young users. Starmer aims to bring the legislation into force by spring 2027….

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