Starmer pledges to act in ‘months not years’ to protect children on social media

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to act in “months, not years” to protect young people from addictive social media platforms, amid calls for a ban for under-16s.The Prime Minister said his Government must make sure it does not cut off “sensible, good access” to news for young people.A three-month consultation on banning children from social media and restricting infinite scrolling is to be launched in March.

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00:08What are you rebelling against?

00:28I think there's a parent in the country who isn't worried about this, by the way.

00:32I really don't. Everybody's worried. They feel, how am I supposed to police this on my own as a parent?

00:40And it's very, very difficult. And we as a government need to be up there alongside parents,

00:45providing leadership and support for them when it comes to social media. And we will.

00:51The status quo, things as they are now, is not good enough.

00:56Nobody can make the argument that things can be left as they are.

00:59They can't, they're not protective of children, and we intend to act.

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