{"id":12649,"date":"2023-12-15T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-for-under-16s\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:37:40","slug":"rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-for-under-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-for-under-16s\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak is considering limiting social media access for teenagers under the age of 16 to try to protect them from online harm, with reports suggesting a potential ban is on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>The government is considering further action despite bringing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/24\/techscape-uk-online-safety-bill-clean-up-internet\">Online Safety Act<\/a>, which requires social media platforms to shield children from harmful content or face fines of up to 10% of a company\u2019s global revenue.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2023\/dec\/14\/rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-under-16s\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/12112e1f73522180301a21c75b71cc7de0ef0b1e\/1110_671_6791_4075\/master\/6791.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6e9094a38a8c123c71438f041be9394a\" title=\"Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s\" \/>Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm<br \/>\nRishi Sunak is considering limiting social media access for teenagers under the age of 16 to try to protect them from online harm, with reports suggesting a potential ban is on the cards.<br \/>\nThe government is considering further action despite bringing in the Online Safety Act, which requires social media platforms to shield children from harmful content or face fines of up to 10% of a company\u2019s global revenue. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm Rishi Sunak is considering limiting social media access for teenagers under the age of 16 to try to protect them from online harm, with reports suggesting a potential ban is on the cards. The government is considering further action despite &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-for-under-16s\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}