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Voices: ‘Slippery slope’ or ‘generational reset’? Readers split on Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under-16s

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over the prime minister’s plan to ban social media for under-16s, with some backing tougher regulation to protect children online and others warning it is unworkable and risks setting a precedent for greater government control and digital surveillance

The Independent UK

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UK Bans Social Media Use For Anyone Younger Than 16

The British government announced age restrictions for social media, saying that platforms disrupt childhoods and are designed to be addictive.

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The social media ban for under-16s means it’s out of my hands – what a relief

COMMENT : Some parents are over the moon about the under-16s social media ban. Like Charlotte Cripps, who finds arguments with her young daughters impossible and wonders if Keir Starmer could ban doom-scrolling adults next

The Independent UK

O’Neill questions timing of social media ban for under-16s

The Northern Ireland First Minister queried whether the move was ‘more about internal Labour Party politics than what is right’.

Evening Standard

UK bans under-16s from using social media apps including TikTok and YouTube

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube from early next year

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London court convicts 2 men of plot to torch 2 houses and a car linked to UK prime minister

Two men were convicted of a plot last year to set fire to two houses and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Two convicted of plot to torch houses linked to UK PM

A Ukrainian man has been ‌found guilty of carrying out an ‌arson attack on a property connected to British ‌Prime Minister Keir Starmer last year.

AAP

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US-Iran Peace Pact Set For Swiss Signing As Global Allies Urge Stability

World leaders welcome a US-Iran peace agreement, as a diplomatic breakthrough promising stability in West Asia, reopening trade routes, and fostering economic growth.

International Business Times UK

Handler with ties to Russia appears to have directed arson attacks on Starmer-linked property

Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc appear to have operated under instruction of online handler ‘El Money’

The Guardian - UK

Children’s minister calls for ‘clarity’ over under-16 social media ban

Siobhian Brown responded to Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that social media is to be banned for children under the age of 16.

Evening Standard

Two stooges for Russian-speaking taskmaster guilty of arson attack on property linked to Keir Starmer

The anonymous Russian speaker had offered Roman Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency if the blazes were filmed and got on the news

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Criminal stooges guilty of arson attacks targeting Sir Keir Starmer

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Evening Standard

Two Ukrainian men guilty of plotting arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer

Police arrested the defendants within a week of the attacks ordered by a shadowy Telegram contact called El Money

Evening Standard

Badenoch calls for PM to resign if he cannot prove defence plan protects UK

Kemi Badenoch offered Sir Keir Starmer the votes of Tory MPs to pass welfare cuts through Parliament to pay for defence spending.

Evening Standard

Social media firms cast doubt on effectiveness of Starmer’s social media ban

Leading tech firms warned that a blanket ban on social media for under-16s could drive them into unregulated online spaces.

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Evening Standard

Criminal proxies found guilty over arson attacks on property linked to PM

Ukrainians Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, were found guilty of plotting to damage property.

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The Independent UK

Teens react to Starmer’s UK social media ban for under-16s: the ‘right thing’ but ‘unlikely to make much difference’

Teenagers are reacting to the prime minister’s decision to ban them from social media from as early as next spring

Evening Standard

What does the social ban involve, when will it start and how will it work?

A ban on under-16s using social media will give youngsters back their childhood, Sir Keir Starmer said.

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The Independent UK

Starmer warns Burnham not to throw UK into ‘chaos’ by launching bid for prime minister

Mr Burnham hopes to win Thursday’s Makerfield by-election and could then launch a campaign to replace Sir Keir as prime minister and Labour leader

The Independent UK

‘I believe my son, 14, died in an online challenge that went wrong – I cried when Starmer announced a social media ban’

Ellen Roome has been campaigning for online safety for children since her son, Jools Sweeney, died aged 14 in 2022

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