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Act on child safety, UK's Starmer tells social-media execs, as ban rejected again

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 16, 2026, 10:43 GMT | Insight) -- Senior executives from TikTok, Meta Platforms, Google and X met the UK prime minister on Thursday and were pressed to do more on child safety, hours after the latest vote by lawmakers from the ruling Labour party to reject a ban on children using social media. In a vote on Wednesday evening they replaced the proposed ban with powers allowing ministers to impose future restrictions after an ongoing consultation, extending a parliamentary standoff.Senior executives from TikTok, Meta Platforms, Google and X met the UK prime minister on Thursday and were pressed to do more on child safety, hours after the latest vote by lawmakers from the ruling Labour party to reject a ban on children using social media....

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