Starmer targets doomscrolling and auto-play in new online-safety push
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new online-safety plan to curb addictive social-media features, close legal loopholes protecting children, and consider restricting under-16s from certain platforms. The package aims to speed up law changes, strengthen protections in chatbots, and preserve children's data under the Jools’ Law while targeting auto-play and endless scrolling, with discussions on VPN restrictions for adult content. A public consultation begins in March, eliciting mixed reactions from supporters and critics alike.
- Starmer pledges crackdown on 'addictive elements' of social media BBC
- Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk face big fines or UK ban The Guardian
- Social media ban for under 16s could be in force this year The Times
- UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots Financial Times
- 'No platform gets a free pass,' says PM - as crackdown on social media announced Sky News
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