This month the UK became the latest country to state that it would set a minimum age of 16 for accessing major social media platforms. Social media bans are becoming a legislative trend after the precedent set by Australia last year, when it imposed an age limit on platforms including Meta's Instagram and Facebook, Google's YouTube, Elon Musk's X, TikTok and Snapchat.
This month the UK became the latest country to state that it would set a minimum age of 16 for accessing major social media platforms.
UK is latest country to set minimum age for social media access but big tech is fighting back globally against curbs Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia's crackdown...
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He says they share the same perspective: they dread the day their children are old enough to go online. This month the UK became the latest country to state that it would set a minimum age of 16 for accessing major social media platforms. UK is latest country to set minimum age for social media access but big tech is fighting back globally against curbs Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia's crackdown Arturo Béjar, a former employee turned whistleblower at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, has talked to parents around the world.
UK is latest country to set minimum age for social media access but big tech is fighting back globally against curbs Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia's crackdown Arturo Béjar, a former employee turned whistleblower at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, has talked to parents around the world. Social media bans are becoming a legislative trend after the precedent set by Australia last year, when it imposed an age limit on platforms including Meta's Instagram and Facebook, Google's YouTube, Elon Musk's X, TikTok and Snapchat.
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