Social Media Ideas for Under-18S

Tesco Clubcard opens for 16 and 17-year-olds for the first time - but teens will need to be invited by a grown-up

The scheme gives teenagers access to the loyalty membership prices in Tesco shops for the first time, including its £3.85 lunchtime meal deal.

UK 16 and 17-year-olds: we would like to hear your views on the government’s social media ban for under-16s

What are your thoughts about the ban? Do you welcome it or do you have misgivings? The UK government has confirmed a social media ban for under-16s.We’d like to hear from 16 and 1...

Minimum age set for UK puberty blocker trial

A minimum age of 11 has been agreed for children recruited to a puberty blocker trial in the UK which some campaigners have said should be axed completely amid concerns around harm...

Canada moves to ban under-16s from social media

“Children shouldn’t be on it” – mixed views on under-16 social media ban

A plan to ban under-16s from social media has sparked a wave of opinions from families, teenagers, and the wider public.

Social media ban for under 16s backed by youth violence campaigners but 'more protection needed'

The Daily Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign has long called for better safeguarding measures for children online.

‘It makes no sense’: 16- and 17-year-olds on UK social media ban

Government has announced a ban on social media for under-16s, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTubeThe UK government has announced a social media ban for under-16s.They will be b...

Children as young as 12 in Cork have been sexually assaulted by other children

Cork’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit also said young male LGBT+ victims are slow to come forward to report sexual violence because of stigma

UK social media ban for under-16s as full list published in online safety drive

A full ban on social media for under-16s in the UK will be enforced by Spring 2027, the Prime Minister has said

Teenager caught red-handed with hundreds of child sex abuse images

Joshua Brain, 19, of Harrow Road, Newport admitted possession of category A indecent images of children, the most serious kind, as well as those at category B and category C

“Too young for pubs, too old for parks” – Newport teens feel pushed out of city life

Groups of teenagers gathering outside shops, fast-food outlets and in public spaces are a common sight across Newport.

Parents reminded that Article 15A citizenship applications now restricted to under-18s

KUCHING, May 26 —  Women, Childhood and Community Well Being Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah r...

Children’s Society gives social-media ban for under-16s a lukewarm welcome

A BAN on social media for under-16s, announced by the Government this week, has been given a cautious welcome by the Children’s Society — but it warns against letting tech companie...

More than 250 children of primary school age are waiting for care at NHS gender clinics - with the youngest aged six or...

There is no minimum age requirement for gender care, and the NHS previously said they want to ensure parents of very young children are given support where necessary.

Fury as children as young as 11 to be handed puberty blockers

Kids are due to be recruited for the puberty blocker trial in August.

With the UK set to ban social media for under-16s, what is next for Ireland?

Proposal will see children’s access to platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X restricted

Courts cannot determine age in ‘one in one out’ removal challenges

In R (on the application of EXR) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 1568 (Admin), the High Court set out how courts should review a Home Office decision to tr...

Judge warns social media users identifying teens charged over Alex Coughlan attack in west Dublin

The boys, who cannot be named because they are juveniles, faced their second hearing when they appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court on Wednesday.

22 the only age anyone should have a phone

THE only age it is healthy and useful for anyone to have a phone is 22, it has been confirmed.

Can a social media ban protect young users?

The UK says it's banning access to social media for those under age 16.

Internet ban for Irish teen charged with CSAM featuring children as young as two

The 17-year-old was arrested following an investigation by a Garda Divisional Protective Service Unit in Dublin and charged with 17 offences involving 392 images and videos

Sir Keir Starmer confirms when the social media ban for under 16s comes into effect

A social media ban for under 16s will come into place next year.

The UK’s big new social media ban should have under-16s everywhere feeling nervous

Not to mention adults who don't want to give big tech their IDs.

Children as young as five referred to state agency over troubling sexualised behaviour

More than 100 children and young people were seen last year.