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936 The UK just became the second country to ban under-16s from social media, and the part nobody is debating is whether the age-verification tech actually works

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Silicon Canals Editorial Team @ Silicon Canals · 06/17/2026 09:10 EDT

The UK just became the second country to ban under-16s from social media, and the part nobody is debating is whether the age-verification tech actually works

The United Kingdom will become the second country in the world to legally bar children under 16 from using mainstream social media platforms, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a sweeping ban covering Snapchat…

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