The UK Government is preparing to unveil sweeping new online restrictions in the coming days aimed at children and teenagers, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer expected to adopt measures inspired by Australia’s social media ban.
The first stage of the plan would require technology companies to deploy tools preventing minors from creating, storing or sharing intimate images, with firms facing potential fines, sales restrictions or criminal sanctions if they fail to comply within 90 days. Proposals under consideration also include stricter age-verification requirements and limits on features considered addictive, such as autoplay functions, endless scrolling, livestreaming, location sharing and popularity metrics like “likes.”
UK Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza has called for protections to cover all under-18s and extend beyond social media to gaming platforms, AI chatbots and other digital services.
The planned reforms follow growing concerns over children’s exposure to harmful online content and are expected to represent one of the most far-reaching expansions of internet regulation since the introduction of the Online Safety Act.
The UK have another 3 years from this shower of s***, there will be nothing left.
The political knives are already out for two dollar shop Caesar…..
The Fascists are trying to hide their proxy Digital ID’s for all. Guess the criticism is getting pretty scalding eh Starmie? Time for the peasants to shut their traps.
Fake democracies don’t like citizen journalists exposing their lies.
Fake democracies don’t trust their citizens and feel the need to keep track of everyone’s movements and listen to what they are saying.
Fake democracies are slowly letting their mask slip exposing their totalitarian nature.
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”– H. L. Mencken
Spoken like a true Hobbesian.
Enjoy your servitude under the selected “elites”.
This just a back door to a mandatory digital ID. Coming to this country real soon if we are not careful.