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UK lawmakers scrap under-16 social-media ban but back wider child safety powers

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 10, 2026, 10:55 GMT | Insight) -- A wide range of internet services could face unspecified new restrictions in the UK in the name of child safety. Lawmakers on Monday rejected plans for an Australia-style under-16 social media ban, instead voting to give the government sweeping powers to subject online businesses to regulation in the future. An ongoing consultation on children’s digital wellbeing would inform ministers in considering online age limits, feature restrictions or curfews.A wide range of internet services could face new restrictions in the UK in the name of child safety after lawmakers on Monday night voted to give the government sweeping powers to subject them to regulation in the future....

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