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As new measures to protect young people online come into force, Peter Kyle says politicians were too slow to actThe technology secretary has apologised to a generation of children who have been let down by governments failing to keep them safe from tox…
From 25 July websites and apps will be required to protect children by filtering out harmful content and verifying agesChildren’s online safety in the UK is having its seatbelt moment. On Friday social media and other internet platforms will be require…
Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18sA leading online safety campaigner has urged the UK government to “detoxify the dopamine loops” of addictive social med…
Data shows 34% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter of women the same ageYoung men are more likely to live at home with their parents than women of the same age, with a third of 20- to 34-year-old men in the U…
Some favour any effort to improve participation, but others point to mixed results in Scotland and WalesVoting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general electionUK politics live – latest updatesHalf a century since the national voting age was last …
Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interferenceThe voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system, despite some co…
UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcin…
High price of Sage handset that doesn’t allow searches, gaming or social media apps beyond means of many parentsA neutered iPhone, stripped of web browsers and social media apps, is going on sale to parents worried about their children’s phone use, but…
Teenagers suspected of being hired by criminals paid to carry out acts on behalf of states, it is understoodSchoolchildren have been arrested by detectives investigating Russian and Iranian plots against Britain, a police chief has said, as he warned h…
Government says new guidance will challenge ‘manosphere’ myths as DfE reports epidemic-scale misogynySecondary school pupils in England are to be taught about “incel” culture and the links between pornography and misogyny as part of long-awaited statut…