Teen Social Media Bans Go Global: UK Night Curfew & Australia’s Under-16 Crackdown
Nazima11:16 amJuly 22, 2026 Teen Bans Go Global: Inside the UK Curfew and Australia's Hard-Line Social Media CrackdownGovernments are taking a much stronger approach to regulating teen social media use. Instead of simply asking platforms to improve online safety, countries are beginning to decide who can use social media—and when they can use it.The latest examples come from the UK and Australia. The UK has proposed a default overnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds, while Australia is strengthening its world-first ban on social media for children under
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