LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday (Jan 19) mentioned higher protections have been wanted for youngsters on social media, and the nation was taking a look at Australia’s world-first ban for under-16s.
Starmer informed a press convention that “no choices are off the desk” when requested about limiting social media for youthful folks, including he was additionally involved in regards to the quantity of display screen time for younger youngsters.
Politicians in Britain, France and elsewhere are mulling restrictions after Australia final month turned the primary nation to ban under-16s from utilizing social media platforms comparable to Instagram, Fb, TikTok and YouTube.
“I feel we have to do extra to guard youngsters, and that is why we’re taking a look at a variety of choices and saying that no choices are off the desk,” mentioned Starmer, who’s reportedly awaiting extra proof from Australia’s ban earlier than contemplating related restrictions.
Some 60 MPs from Starmer’s Labour occasion wrote an open letter on Sunday, urging the prime minister to vary tack and block entry for under-16s over issues in regards to the harms to younger folks’s psychological well being.
“Successive governments have finished far too little to guard younger youngsters from the implications of unregulated, addictive social media platforms,” the lawmakers mentioned.
