Keir Starmer Considers Australian-Style Social Media Ban

Keir Starmer may want to re-think his decision to allow 16-year-olds to vote after reportedly ‘considering an Australian-style ban on social media for British youngsters’.

The Prime Minister previously said he was ‘personally’ against the ban for teenagers but is now apparently ‘closely monitoring’ the policy.

The unprecedented law was introduced on December 10 by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and sees under 16s barred from Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch.

If social media platforms fail to remove children’s accounts – they face fines of up to £25 million.

Cultural Secretary Lisa Nandy has now admitted that Labour are considering the policy but had concerns over ‘enforceability’. 

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is all for it; suggesting Starmer ‘think much more radically’ about online safety restrictions with social media now a ‘place of bullying, intimidation, sometimes misogyny, even radicalisation’.

As such, discussions have begun between Starmer and Liz Kendall, the Technology Secretary, about introducing a similar law if the Australian ban proves successful, reports The Telegraph.  

First under-16s, then the rest of us no doubt. Can’t be having people spread the wrong ideas, can we? Although in fairness, a ban on over-60s that fall for unregulated AI videos on Twitter may not go amiss. In fact they’re probably even easier targets than teenagers when it comes to social media brainwashing.

Which is mental considering the “don’t believe everything you see on the internet” mantras of the mid 90s – early 00s.

Ultimately, it would be a very stupid decision and a guaranteed vote-loser. Which means we can’t put it past Keir Starmer, who appears to be a speed-running a Labour exodus in all upcoming elections. Roll on 2029.

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