UK bans social media for under-16s
Starmer just announced it. No TikTok, no Instagram, no algorithmic hellscapes for kids anymore.
This is actually one of the few things a Western government has done that doesn't immediately make you want to scream. Australia's been threatening this for months, the US is pretending to care about it while letting Meta and YouTube addict kids, and the UK just... did it.
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