Under-16s to be banned from social media by next spring, Starmer says – USA News 16 June 2026
Watch live as Technology Secretary Liz Kendall delivers a statement to the Commons on the ban.
Date: June 16, 2026 | Source: BBC News | Category: USA News
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Watch live as Technology Secretary Liz Kendall delivers a statement to the Commons on the ban.
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Rachel FlynnLive reporter
Under-16s in the UK will be banned from using social media by spring next year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced earlier today.
It follows a government consultation, in which 89% of 9,499 parents and carers said they strongly supported a legal minimum age for social media access, 88% of which strongly agreed that age should be under-16s.
Apps such as Snapchat, TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook and X will be included in the ban, the government says, but it will not include messaging services WhatsApp and Signal.
A lot of the detail about this ban "isn't particularly clear", BBC technology correspondent Chris Vallance says, with no definitive list of what's banned, and what's not.
Aliyyah, a 14-year-old from Barnsley, calls the ban "a waste of time" and says "sometimes apps are safe spaces for people". While Sean, a 13-year-old from Wythenshawe, says "it's time they did something about" social media use, calling it a "bad place".
Technology minister Liz Kendall described the ban as a "defining moment for our children", and said more details will be set out in the regulations.
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