Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on 15 June 2026 that the UK will ban social media access for all under-16s — covering TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Threads, Twitch, Kick, and Reddit, plus curfews and AI chatbot restrictions. The ban takes effect in early 2027 and follows a consultation that received 116,000 responses. Here is the full story.