The U.K. is banning children under 16 from major social media platforms—including TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. The policy responds to mounting evidence of social media's harm to young users. Actor Jeremy Allen White, known for The Bear, publicly backed the measure, describing it as a needed 'correction.' The move makes Britain one of the first major democracies to implement such a restriction.

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