Gov’t unveils plans for voluntary overnight social media curfew for older teens

The British government announced plans yesterday for 16 and 17-year-olds to face a voluntary overnight social media curfew, its latest attempt to reduce online harm for children. It said that features that can keep users scrolling for longer, such as videos that automatically play one after another, will also be switched off by default for older teenagers. Critics questioned the effectiveness of the measures given that the teenagers will be able to switch off these default settings. The planned restrictions come a month after the government unveiled a social media ban for under-16s, which is expected to cover platforms including Snapchat, […]

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