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Nandy calls youth social media ban a step toward wider regulation
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The consultation on the social media ban received more than 116000 responses.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the planned ban on under-16s using high-risk social media platforms is only a staging post and promised further government intervention on online safety.
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The UK government announced that children under 16 would be banned from accessing high-risk social media apps.
âthe government announced that teenagers under the age of 16 would be banned from accessing âhigh-riskâ social media appsâ
The planned online safety changes will come into effect in March.
âwill come into effect in Marchâ
The restrictions will apply to 16- and 17-year-olds on websites with infinite scrolling and algorithmic content.
ârestrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds on websites that allow infinite scrolling and algorithmic contentâ