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The UK's dramatic under-16 social media ban will also apply to "gaming services", but at least they're not coming for multiplayer (opens in new tab)

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The UK government have on social media platforms for British people under the age of 16, encompassing Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X.com (known hereabouts as MechaHitler.com or Xitter, among other lousy putdowns). The ban is expected to come into force in spring 2027, and will have far-reaching impacts on ye olde videogame discourse, because people do so love to share and talk about games on social media. The under-16s ban will also directly apply to certain gaming "ser...

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