Last Updated: December 16, 2023, 10:00 IST
Britain is beginning to take the impression of social media extra severely.
Britain may have a look at additional measures to defend younger youngsters from the dangers of social media within the new 12 months following the introduction of recent on-line security legal guidelines centered on kids and the removing of unlawful content material.
Britain may have a look at additional measures to defend younger youngsters from the dangers of social media within the new 12 months following the introduction of recent on-line security legal guidelines centered on kids and the removing of unlawful content material, a minister mentioned.
The Online Safety Act, which turned legislation in October, requires platforms like Meta’s Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube to strengthen controls round unlawful content material and age-checking measures.
Major platforms together with Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat require customers to be not less than 13 years previous.
A Bloomberg report mentioned the British authorities was learning a crackdown on social media entry for kids below the age of 16, together with potential bans.
Science Minister Andrew Griffith mentioned on Friday that the federal government all the time sought to discover a stability between vital freedoms and placing dad and mom in management.
“If there is a consultation at some point in the future, and as I say that’s speculation at this point, looking at how you can continue to protect minors as opposed to the freedom of the internet for adults is always something that a sensible government I think would look at,” he advised Times Radio.
