UK plans teen-focused social media curbs, autoplay defaults and curfews
The UK government is set to unveil proposals to curb 16- and 17-year-olds’ social media use, including turning autoplay off by default and standard overnight curfews, as part of a broader package that also bans social media for under-16s; details on what counts as social media and platform scope remain undecided, raising concerns about potential inclusion of smaller sites like Wikipedia.