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U.K. announces social media bad for children under 16

NPR | By Fatima Al-Kassab

Published June 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM EDT

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The UK government has announced it will ban social media for all children under 16. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was "giving children their childhood back."