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Social media ban draws mixed response in Scotland

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that social media companies will be required to block under-16s from accessing their services, with the ban to include TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X, while restrictions on functionality like infinite scroll, and curfews, could be put into place for 16- and 17-year-olds. Scotland's children's minister, Siobhian Brown welcomed the announcement - but urged Sir Keir to "meaningfully engage" with Holyrood ministers to "ensure proposals meet the needs of children and young people in Scotland". The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, expressed concerns over the announcement, however, saying there is a "real risk now that children will be driven to darker places on the internet and stop talking to adults about what they might see".

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