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YouTube Kids and Spotify Face UK Under-16 Social Media Ban Risk

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Up to 150 digital platforms could be caught by the upcoming under-16 social media restrictions.

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Platforms like YouTube Kids, Spotify and eBay risk inclusion due to recommender systems and messaging tools.

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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is expected to lay the regulations in Parliament this December.

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The rules will be introduced as an addition to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act without primary legislation.

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