🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps
TikTok
YouTube
Snapchat
Instagram
X
Reddit
Facebook
Twitch
Kick
Threads
'It's too late for Kady but any child that can be helped from this is a positive thing'
Tanya Absalom, whose 15 year old daughter Kady took her own life after being exposed to harmful content on various online platforms, spoke for the first time on #BBCBreakfast, as Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media for under 16s
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It looks like the UK is adopting a similar approach to Australia by introducing stricter restrictions on children’s social media use, alongside its existing Online Safety Act. Curious to see the approach countries in Africa take, as the enforcement challenges are quite different.
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