{"id":23518,"date":"2026-06-14T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:37:18","slug":"starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to announce \u2018Australia plus\u2019 ban on social media for under-16s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jun\/14\/what-is-uk-introducing-australia-plus-social-media-ban-how-will-it-work\">Why is the UK launching an \u2018Australia plus\u2019 social media ban and how will it work?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keir Starmer is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jun\/12\/uk-to-ban-under-16s-from-high-risk-social-media-apps\">ban under-16s from major social media apps<\/a> such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as \u201cAustralia plus\u201d, the Guardian understands.<\/p>\n<p>In a major policy shift far tougher than previously briefed, the prime minister will announce that teenagers will be banned from all the main social platforms. Online products that are not covered by the ban \u2013 such as gaming apps \u2013 will face new restrictions such as having the option to chat to strangers removed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jun\/14\/starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bd00bba2cd27394873544ad5f172041fd04eba24\/194_0_5472_4378\/master\/5472.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=df381f9a798735de43789e706ac799c2\" title=\"Starmer to announce \u2018Australia plus\u2019 ban on social media for under-16s\" \/>Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps<br \/>\nWhy is the UK launching an \u2018Australia plus\u2019 social media ban and how will it work?<br \/>\nKeir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as \u201cAustralia plus\u201d, the Guardian understands.<br \/>\nIn a major policy shift far tougher than previously briefed, the prime minister will announce that teenagers will be banned from all the main social platforms. Online products that are not covered by the ban \u2013 such as gaming apps \u2013 will face new restrictions such as having the option to chat to strangers removed. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps Why is the UK launching an \u2018Australia plus\u2019 social media ban and how will it work? Keir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starmer to announce \u2018Australia plus\u2019 ban on social media for under-16s<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23519,"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\/23518"}],"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=23518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}