British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today that the his government will be presenting a bill in Parliament to ban social media access to teenagers from 16 years below.
The new ban appears set to be introduced through regulations under existing legislation, specifically the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, rather than through a new standalone Act.
European countries which have so far banned social media use for children’s are France, whose ban is planned to go into effect by the start of the new school year in September, Denmark, which was the first country in Europe to introduce such bans last year, and Greece. Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal also plan to roll-out similar bans.
Malta has so far did not make a move in this regard and no major political party has yet addressed the issue.
the new reforms are being presented here.
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