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Starmer Signals UK Action to Restrict Addictive Social Media Features
Prime Minister Starmer plans to restrict addictive social media features like infinite scrolling after a US court ordered Meta and Google to pay $6 million for a childhood addiction case.
- The Prime Minister said addictive social media features should not be allowed, warning that the next generation would not forgive the Government if it did not act.
- A landmark court case in the US saw a jury find Meta and Google liable for a woman's childhood social media addiction, awarding her $4.4 million in damages.
- A Government source said nothing is off the table when it comes to protecting children online, and that action could see an end to features like infinite scrolling or streaks rewarding daily app use.
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Starmer tells social media companies ‘things will change’ on addictive features
The Prime Minister signalled his Government was preparing to take action to curb functions that keep young people hooked on social media.
·London, United Kingdom
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday that he was "very eager" to tackle the most addictive features of social networks, after an American court ruling that Instagram and Youtube were responsible for the mental health problems of a young Californian woman. The post-United Kingdom: Starmer "desirous" to limit certain addictive features of social networks appeared first on LesEco.ma.
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