
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ban on under-16s accessing social media, with stricter age-gating and potential curfews. Privacy advocates warn mandatory age verification and on-device nudity scanning threaten user privacy. Signal President Meredith Whittaker said the company would exit the UK rather than implement verification. Implementation is expected by Spring 2027.
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Farage says UK teen social media ban unlikely to work