UK Debate on Social Media for Under-16s: Labour's Stance and Google's Response
The UK Labour party's perceived dithering on regulating children's screen time and social media continues, with Keir Starmer expressing impatience with platforms, while Google's UK and Ireland boss, Kate Alessi, stated that a social media ban for under-16s is 'not the right approach' and YouTube is enhancing safety features for young users.
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Keir Starmer is running out of patience with the social media platforms, after Meta and Google’s landmark legal defeat in Los Angeles. But this ‘strongest intervention yet’ comes years too late I’m past the stage in my parenting journey where I could have any influence over my kids’ screen time. They would be much more likely to invade my privacy, grab my phone, perform some search in settings that I don’t understand, wonder out loud how it’s possible for WhatsApp to take up that many hours i...
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