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UK set to ban under-16s from social media, livestreaming, disappearing messages

· By Mizy Clifton
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LONDON — U.K. ministers will announce a ban on under-16s accessing certain social media platforms as well as livestreaming, disappearing messages, and functionalities that allow communication with adult strangers, two people familiar with discussions in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and No. 1…

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