The Online Safety Act, which became law in October, requires platforms like Meta’s Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube to strengthen controls around illegal content and age-checking measures.
Major platforms including Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat require users to be at least 13 years old.
A Bloomberg report said the British government was studying a crackdown on social media access for children under the age of 16, including potential bans.
Science Minister Andrew Griffith said on Friday that the government always sought to find a balance between important freedoms and putting parents in control.
“If there is a consultation at some point in the future, and as I say that’s speculation at this point, looking at how you can continue to protect minors as opposed to the freedom of the internet for adults is always something that a sensible government I think would look at,” he told Times Radio.
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