Bill would ban social media accounts for users under 14

Starmer to Discuss Social Media Ban With 'Adolescence' Creators in No 10 Meeting

Downing Street has briefed that Starmer will today host a “roundtable” in No 10 with the creators of Netflix’s moral panic drama “Adolescence.” No 10 says “the roundtable shows his concerns and determination to play his part in addressing the multiple challenges the show raises.[…] Read the rest

Bill would ban social media accounts for users under 14

North Carolina children under age 14 would not be allowed to sign up for a social media platform account if a state House bill becomes law.

Virginia Governor Recommends Amendments to Strengthen Children’s Social Media Bill

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin asked the Virginia state legislature to strengthen the protections provided in a bill passed by the legislature earlier this month that imposes significant restrictions on minors’ social media use.Continue Reading ›

New crimes and increased penalties for technological infractions are in the Spanish plans. In Portugal, we are late in the debate, and the restriction of cell phones in schools is “simplistic”.

What effects do social networks have on adolescents? To what extent are they subjected to the dictatorship of the algorithm? Are the consequences for girls the same as for boys? They are some of the questions that the first quantitative study on the perception of Spanish adolescents regarding the impact of networks on their social life, carried out by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) tries to answer. One o…

Majority of UK’s young adults ‘concerned’ about state of democracy, poll shows

The poll of 16 to 29-year-olds also found most backed a ban on social media for under-16s.The majority of young adults in the UK are “concerned” ...