Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms, presenting the policy as child protection while opening the door to one of the most intrusive digital-control regimes ever proposed in Britain. The Prime Minister said the government intends to block children from platforms expected to include TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Threads, X, YouTube and Reddit. The plan could restrict the online activity of more than 12 million under-16s across the United Kingdom. Starmer’s pitch is simple: children are being harmed online, Big Tech has failed, and the state must step in. But the enforcement mechanism is where the proposal becomes far more dangerous than the headline suggests. The government says the ban would rely on “highly effective age assurance systems.”…
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