Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK<\/p>\n
Pressure is mounting on the UK government to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s, after a decisive vote in House of Lords<\/a> in favour of Australian-style restrictions.<\/p>\n Peers backed a Tory-led amendment to the children\u2019s wellbeing and schools bill by 261 votes to 150, despite the government opposing the move. Ministers are already considering a ban as part of a consultation<\/a> due to report by the summer and so the Lords amendment is unlikely to pass in the Commons. Starmer is also understood to want to wait until evidence from Australia\u2019s ban, which came into force in December, has been assessed, though the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has urged him to \u201cjust get on with it\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n