UK to fast-track online access controls to protect minors
TL;DR
Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks broader powers to regulate internet access to shield children from online risks, including an Australian-style ban for under-16s and faster action via amendments to crime and child-protection laws; the package also expands prohibitions on creating sexualised images with AI, and may include VPN age checks, raising privacy and free-speech concerns amid rapid tech change.
- UK's Starmer seeks greater powers to regulate online access Reuters
- Keir Starmer Targets AI Chatbots With Online Safety Law Bloomberg
- Starmer pledges crackdown on 'addictive elements' of social media BBC
- Social media ban for under 16s could be in force this year The Times
- Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk face big fines or UK ban The Guardian
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