Meta should provide same online protections for children in UK, minister says
By Imogen Howse ( August 27, 2026, 15:12 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms should offer the same online protections for children in the UK as those it has committed to introducing in the US following its landmark settlement, a UK minister has said. The tech giant's $17.1 billion settlement and pledge to provide greater safeguards for US teenage users of its platforms comes after the UK government announced in June that it was banning access to social media for under-16s from spring 2027.Meta Platforms should offer the same online protections for children in the UK as those it has committed to introducing in the US following its landmark settlement, a UK minister said on Thursday....
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