The UK has officially announced the sweeping social media ban for under-16s, marking the recent ban as an “Australia-plus” model to curb online harms, protect mental health, and limit addictive platform designs.

Britain's PM Keir Starmer announced the restrictions on Monday, aiming to protect children from online abuse, safeguard Britain's values and control the growing influence of tech giants through addictive apps.

Under this ban, the under-16s teens would not be allowed to use the major social media networks, including, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, X, Reddit, YouTube and........

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