UK minister visits Australia for ‘lessons’ ahead of expected British social media crackdown

<p>Kanishka Narayan says Australia’s pioneering law has contributed to national conversation under way in Britain</p><p>The UK’s online safety minister says he has spent a week in Australia learning the “practical lessons” of the country’s under-16s social media ban amid concern that many teenagers are bypassing the law.</p><p>The British government is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/26/labour-crackdown-social-media-children">expected to announce a social media crackdown</a> within weeks after a public consultation that could see the UK follow in Australia’s footsteps and restrict access to social media for teens – including age limits or changes to allegedly addictive design features – by the end of this year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/28/uk-social-media-crackdown-british-minister-visits-australia">Continue reading...</a>