{"id":10169,"date":"2026-01-19T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/uk-considers-social-media-ban-for-minors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:08:56","slug":"uk-considers-social-media-ban-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/uk-considers-social-media-ban-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Considers Social Media Ban for Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amid rising warnings from medical experts, the UK government is preparing to discuss imposing strict restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/uk-teachers-union-calls-for-social-media-ban-for-children\/\">social media<\/a> use for children under 16, potentially including a partial or full ban for this age group to protect their physical and mental health.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Senior doctors have warned that excessive screen time on smartphones poses a public health emergency for children, affecting vision, behavior, concentration, and exposing them to potentially harmful content.  <\/p>\n\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aomrc.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the Academy of Medical Royal<\/a> Colleges confirmed that it contacted ministers after a meeting of over 20 doctors who presented cases of children suffering health and behavioral issues due to excessive device use. <\/p>\n\n<p>Academy head Dr. Janet Dixon noted that children live in a digital bubble, constantly connected to smart devices, impacting their lifestyle and overall health.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Dr. Zara Haider from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health warned of dangerous online trends among teens, such as imitating risky challenges that could result in serious injuries or death.   <\/p>\n\n<p>A psychologist added that half of adolescents aged 13\u201314 have viewed violent content on their phones, highlighting weak parental control and easy access to inappropriate material. <\/p>\n\n<p>In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7\/\">the UK<\/a> government is preparing legislative consultations, including potential amendments in Parliament. The House of Lords is expected to discuss a bill aimed at enhancing child welfare in schools and society, with challenges anticipated in the House of Commons.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid rising warnings from medical experts, the UK government is preparing to discuss imposing strict restrictions on social media use for children under 16, potentially including a partial or full ban for this age group to protect their physical and mental health. Senior doctors have warned that excessive screen time on smartphones poses a public &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-10169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-uk-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10170,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions\/10170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}