Government proposes midnight social media curfew for teenagers
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Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face an overnight social media curfew and the disabling of addictive features under government plans – but critics say it won't achieve anything as the settings can be turned off. The changes would see default settings prevent teens from accessing social media between midnight and 6am. Sky's Shamaan Freeman-Powell talks to teenagers about the government's proposal. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-teenagers-to-face-social-media-curfew-and-no-infinite-scrolling-but-can-switch-it-off-13563527 #socialmedia #ban #teenagers #uk #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id3163919
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