Social media has been put on notice

Legal and legislative pressure is mounting to safeguard young people

Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media

In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’ Keir Starmer has backed banning addictive social media features in his strongest intervention yet on curbs that could be placed on tech companies, saying the features “shouldn’t be permitted”. The prime minister said the government was “going to have to act” on the algorithms that hook young people and children to social media, such as scrolling or “st...

By Jessica Elgot

Starmer tells social media companies ‘things will change’ on addictive features

The Prime Minister signalled his Government was preparing to take action to curb functions that keep young people hooked on social media.

By Christopher McKeon