{"id":22723,"date":"2026-04-16T07:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/mps-vote-against-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-second-time\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:37:34","slug":"mps-vote-against-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/mps-vote-against-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting children<\/p>\n<p>MPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Commons sided with the government against a Lords amendment to the children\u2019s wellbeing and schools bill that imposed a new age limit on using social media platforms, amid pressure from parents and campaign groups for greater urgency in tackling online harms.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/15\/mps-vote-against-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-second-time\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/57bcc184764741c612885e75fb81ba5d750337bc\/295_0_2522_2019\/master\/2522.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b59939dc2fc4fe942488b2d76c0ee410\" title=\"MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time\" \/>Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting children<br \/>\nMPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety.<br \/>\nThe House of Commons sided with the government against a Lords amendment to the children\u2019s wellbeing and schools bill that imposed a new age limit on using social media platforms, amid pressure from parents and campaign groups for greater urgency in tackling online harms. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting children MPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety. The House of Commons sided with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/mps-vote-against-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-second-time\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22724,"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\/22723"}],"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=22723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}