{"id":1360,"date":"2026-06-16T07:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:22:29","slug":"does-the-uk-social-media-ban-affect-you-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"Does the UK social media ban affect you? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LKePpZTdsag\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Millions of children in the UK will be forced off social media after the government announced it would ban under-16s from accessing a range of platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Apps including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram will become inaccessible for children, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope to pass regulation before Christmas,&#8221; he said, with the ban coming into force in spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Tech companies including Meta, Snapchat and YouTube warned a blanket ban would move children into more unsafe online environments.<\/p>\n<p>The government is yet to release the full list of platforms affected, but said YouTube, Facebook and X would also be included.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of children in the UK will be forced off social media after the government announced it would ban under-16s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does the UK social media ban affect you? 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