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Radio 1,15 Jun 2026,15 mins

Social media ban

Newsbeat

Available for 29 days

Anyone under 16-years-old in the UK will be banned from social media under new government plans for spring 2027. Produced in Birmingham by BBC News for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Asian Network.

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