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Petition 700086

Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media

closedUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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30 October 2024

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23 March 2026

Summary

We believe social media companies should be banned from letting children under 16 create social media accounts. We think this would help: 1. Stop online bullying 2. Stop children being influenced by false posts 3. Stop children seeing content that encourages violence/could be harmful for their future. We believe social media is having more of a negative impact to children than a positive one. We think people should be of an age where they can make decisions about their life before accessing social media applications. We believe that we really need to introduce a minimum age of 16 to access social media for the sake of our children’s future along with their mental and physical health.

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