Most UK Teens to Opt Out of Planned Social Media Curfew: Poll
Censuswide found 84.6% of 16- to 18-year-olds would turn off the default overnight block, citing family contact and online content.
- On Friday, a Censuswide poll revealed 84.6% of 16- to 18-year-olds intend to opt out of the UK government's proposed overnight social media curfew.
- Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the policy in his final weeks before Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office, setting a default midnight-to-6am curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds that users can disable.
- Survey data shows 45.2% of teenagers would disable the curfew to communicate with friends or family, while 37.2% would do so to watch online content.
- Leanne Proctor, regulatory lead at the Online Responsibility Network, said the curfew is "unlikely to be enough on its own to prevent online harms," advocating for design-level protections instead.
- Education Minister Bridget Phillipson suggested the voluntary element could be modified if widespread opt-outs occur, while the Liberal Democrats push for platform-wide design reforms instead.
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Most British teenagers plan to mock the digital "gathering touch" that will limit access to social networks in the early hours of the morning, according to a survey by the research company Censuswide, published this Friday. This measure, introduced in mid-July by Keir Starmer's previous labor government, completes the ban on the use of social networks for children under the age of 16, announced in June, which mainly affects Snapchat, TikTok, You…
Nearly one in two (about 48%) of the respondents supported this circumvention by the desire to continue to discuss with their relatives and friends, while 37% wanted to be able to view content online.
BT
In a survey, 85 percent of older teenagers surveyed said they would turn off time limits on social media.
Radio France Internationale
Most UK teens to opt out of planned social media curfew: poll
Most teenagers would opt out of a UK government plan to impose social media curfews on older teenagers, according to a poll published Friday.
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