The U.K. government has proposed new measures to protect older teens on social media, including a midnight curfew and a limit to infinite scrolling.

Teens will be able to opt out of the restrictions - campaigners have criticised them as being piecemeal.

Teens aged 16 and 17 will be blocked from social media by default midnight through 6 a.m. under online safery laws, but will ...

Latest government measure aimed at curbing digital harm comes after under-16 social media ban announced last month.

Most teenagers would opt out of a UK government plan to impose social media curfews on older teenagers, according to a poll ...

The British government has announced plans for a six-hour social media curfew from midnight for 16- and 17-year-olds. They can override this default setting.

LONDON — The UK government said Tuesday it will introduce an overnight social media curfew for children aged 16 and 17, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer last month announced an under-16 social media ...

Plans have been unveiled for a first-of-its-kind overnight social media curfew for older teens in the UK. The news follows the full ban for under 16s that was announced last month, the second of its ...

A teenager looks at her mobile phone in London, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government announced plans Wednesday to introduce a six-hour social media curfew from midnight for 16- and 17-year-olds — though they will be able to override the proposed ...