{"id":21517,"date":"2026-01-11T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:37:17","slug":"kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from \u2018addictive\u2019 social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms \u2018profiting from their anxiety\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jan\/11\/tories-ban-under-16s-social-media-badenoch-uk-politics-live\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent addictive platforms fuelling anxiety and distraction among teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she did not like the word ban but she wanted to see an age limit of 16 in the same way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/dec\/10\/social-media-ban-australia-explained-banned-apps-list-guide\">Australia had introduced restrictions on social media<\/a> for children.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/jan\/11\/kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive-social-media\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9813d4eb1a51ff3ab38e014c10039067dd9cd899\/103_0_2793_2235\/master\/2793.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=baced9a3efcc550115bd84f3f2d1d44e\" title=\"Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from \u2018addictive\u2019 social media\" \/>Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms \u2018profiting from their anxiety\u2019<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent addictive platforms fuelling anxiety and distraction among teenagers.<br \/>\nKemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she did not like the word ban but she wanted to see an age limit of 16 in the same way that Australia had introduced restrictions on social media for children. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms \u2018profiting from their anxiety\u2019 UK politics live \u2013 latest updates The Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent addictive platforms fuelling anxiety and distraction among teenagers. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she did not like the word ban &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive-social-media\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from \u2018addictive\u2019 social media<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21518,"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\/21517"}],"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=21517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}