Starmer Push for Kid-Safe Social Media

0:00On April 16, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just met with Top execs from X, Snap, Tiktok, Google, and Meta at Downing Street. He laid it out straight, social media is putting kids at risk, and things got to change fast. He's dead set on acting to protect young people online, even if it means restricting access. The talks kicked off a push during the government's ongoing consultation on child safety. Their eyeing moves like an under-16 social media ban, similar to Australia's model, plus curves on addictive features, and tighter AI chatbot, rules. Starmer made it clear, better safe access than harm, as the cost of joining in. Parliament's been debating this hard, but MPs shot down calls for a straight up ban on harmful platforms. Instead, they backed flexible powers in the children's well-being and schools bill. Building ministers set curfews, scrolling limits, or block kids from, specific sites. Starmer told LBC he's not sure on the exact steps or timeline yet, but powers from recent

1:02laws mean they can move quicker than the old online safety. Act, which dragged on for years. The consultation wraps up next month. No endless delays promised. This signals the UK government's ramping up pressure on Big Tech, balancing kid protection with real enforcement watch for those decisions dropping. Soon to reshape how youth scroll.