{"id":297391,"date":"2026-01-22T09:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/297391\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:31:15","slug":"the-uk-is-considering-whether-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s-will-ireland-follow-suit-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/297391\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK is considering whether to ban social media for under-16s &#8211; will Ireland follow suit? &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBtd1dsVFQyci1sOEx6Wl9ZVzdZTXFSUXBmd2lLNkJZcU9jRHdTd0dvM2N5SFk0Qm1jRUpZUjdkTmU4WGYzcjlwbTJrYVNGQi1NWHA5cUtEaU0zVEh6N2hCWjRSTDlsa0FOZk5kR3ZhdE1jWGhpSEUwZmxnVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The UK is considering whether to ban social media for under-16s &#8211; will Ireland follow suit?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5RcVJ2QlFNQXhpUlRtUXZhLUN2X2huV0lUQVV4dG5WckdMNHpReGVwRzR5UGJlLWlLT2c3dm9VWHFsVU1ZU1FhVEZZQWVqYWRvU1ZHbEZHYmhjZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOTVpXSHUxaHo1c1N2R1Y5MTdiZFdJNDlKaGJnY1hBc2xxMUd0V3I5dTAzU3ZMSkZlRkJjdjBwVFhaVDhjNl9DTFQySFpoSWRxal9iZlRUM2VNeU1NM09GOC14T1BiUWVzRW9IWU5VaDBWM2hROE4wNTc3UVJ5NDFQSEZ6S3FiQXJxb3RDUG5WbUpsNzJMaHBBR0RTYTBDYlV5QzAyYjdOS013Q1JlcVJtZnZHUzFOSzdJRF9TVGxR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Britain facing \u2018catastrophe\u2019 because of children being addicted to social media, peers told \u2013 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQTFJTb0ZQUy1ZcUNRMmxLWGk3ajhnLTRyRnFDMFE5ZV84QU9scGZQMU1MTnNZT2ZLUzhCVmwwNUh3TjBVZ2otLURibVM4Z3FDQTJxdDVVNl9pR2hmMnlkU1VEbWdKRC1oaDJ4ZVphMFRGcXVWdGtSLUxEZ2JoaTZYMVRUZUl0Y1ZGYTY5ajJEa0xsV0tqbTFud3N3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Logging off: Kids&#8217; social media ban now feels almost certain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPZnFoMF93anF4Um9lVER5c2RTZlVQZVVmZkhTbHJKNC1YZXBBVGtaSXBIUnZvWmV6SWl6NDVjaGxRMms1TXpWN0E1dnlhN3c1Vi16Ty1VdnFaenJzSGw0cGlqNGVrc0VfZjFfMUlmZm1yUXoxdXp5MDNPZ0tEWF9Ga1hEVExzN0sySWZfMXpGTUstMXBBYTNwTnRadk9KMkhtNFRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PM\u2019s U-turn on under-16 social media ban branded \u2018political cynicism\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK is considering whether to ban social media for under-16s &#8211; will Ireland follow suit?&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal Lords&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,135158,147438,101283,23984,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,95743,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-297391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-child-protection","11":"tag-department-of-media","12":"tag-digital-id","13":"tag-digital-wallet","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-patrick-o","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories","25":"tag-world","26":"tag-world-news","27":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115938058899979346","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}