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Britain’s Education Minister Olivia Bailey<\/p>\n
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The UK government is committed to banning social media use for children under 16, although it has stopped short of supporting a complete ban as proposed by the House of Lords. This step has been taken after a long tussle between the two houses over the welfare of children and the school bill.MPs backed the government’s amended proposal in the House of Commons, paving the way for it to return to the Lords for final approval before becoming law.<\/p>\n Education Minister Olivia Bailey told Parliament that the government will impose “some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media platforms for children under 16, the BBC reports.He stressed that the current situation “cannot continue” and said restrictions such as age limits as well as curfews could be considered. However, specific measures will be decided after the ongoing public consultation concludes.Bailey said the government would be legally required to act after consultation, underlining that the question was “how” to act, not “if”.<\/p>\n The government said a progress report would be published within three months of the bill receiving royal assent. Regulations are expected within 12 months, although ministers indicated they were aiming to act sooner, possibly before the end of the year.In exceptional cases, the deadline may be extended by up to six months, but only by providing an explanation to Parliament.Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott welcomed the move, calling it a “huge step” towards protecting children online and supporting parents.However, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey criticized the government for delaying tougher action, accusing it of “squeezing” the issue and urging rapid implementation.Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defended the approach, saying the government was committed to taking action but wanted to ensure the measures were effective.<\/p>\n Campaigners and bereaved families have welcomed the government’s pledge. Ellen Room, whose 14-year-old son died after an alleged online challenge, said many parents were “delighted” and emotional at the announcement.He said the push for regulation is aimed at preventing similar tragedies for other families.<\/p>\n Ministers said the proposed rules would target addictive platform features and harmful algorithm-driven content, which are seen as contributing to the risks young users face online.The final form of the restrictions will depend on the outcome of consultations with parents, experts and campaign groups.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Britain’s Education Minister Olivia Bailey ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”\/> Britain’s Education Minister Olivia Bailey The UK government is committed to banning social media use for children under 16, although it has stopped short of supporting a complete ban as proposed by the House of Lords. This step has been taken after a long tussle between the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[7073,5037,3179,936,6113,3178,26306,26307],"class_list":{"0":"post-103896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-bailey","9":"tag-ban","10":"tag-media","11":"tag-minister","12":"tag-olivia","13":"tag-social","14":"tag-sort","15":"tag-under16"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103997,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103896\/revisions\/103997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘Some form of restriction’ confirmed<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Timeline for implementation<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Campaigners welcome action<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Pay attention to harmful content and features<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n