Pressure grows on No 10 as Burnham backs Tory call for under-16s social media ban
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#72R3X)
Labour Greater Manchester mayor says he agrees with Kemi Badenoch about need to protect young people
No 10 is facing renewed pressure to ban social media for under-16s after the Conservatives and the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, supported limits to prevent harm to children.
The government is understood to have no plans for a blanket ban" on social media use by under 16s. However, sources said it was closely monitoring the impact of moves taken to prevent children setting up accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch.
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