The United Kingdom is planning to impose new social media policies for children, including a two-hour limit and curfew.
UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told Sky News that the government is planning to deal with the “compulsive” screen time of the children by limiting their social media usage.
The technology secretary expressed concern over the time children are spending on social media apps and the content they are consuming.
The British government is seriously considering limiting social media hours by allowing only two hours per app and is also discussing imposing a nighttime or school-time curfew.
Kyle said, “I think some parents feel a bit disempowered about how to actually make their kids healthier online. I think some kids feel that sometimes there is so much compulsive behaviour with interaction with the apps that they need some help just to take control of their online lives.”
“Those are things I’m looking at really carefully. We talk a lot about a healthy childhood offline. We need to do the same online. I think sleep is very important, to be able to focus on studying is very important," he added.
Kyle asserted that he wanted to stop children from seeing content that is not healthy for them.
It is worth noting that children would be unable to access apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat after completing the limit.
The announcement regarding the screen time of the children is expected to be made later this year.
