"Keir Starmer is vowing to enforce a crackdown on children and teenagers using smartphones within months to help keep them safe online. Reforms could include a minimum age limit for social media and restrictions on so-called infinite scrolling. Children could also be prevented from using virtual private networks (VPNs) to illicitly access pornography, and from speaking with online chatbots under proposals in a government consultation."
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The Independent seeks donations to fund on-the-ground journalism while keeping reporting freely accessible without paywalls. Keir Starmer vows to tighten online safety for children and teenagers, proposing minimum social-media age limits, restrictions on infinite scrolling, limits on VPN use to access pornography, and potential bans on children interacting with online chatbots. Ministers aim to introduce powers to act quickly and to close a legal loophole requiring all AI chatbot providers to comply with the Online Safety Act. The measures follow concerns over AI misuse after Grok was used to create fake nude images of women.
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