UK watchdogs tell Meta, TikTok, YouTube to tighten age checks for children

Britain’s media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules.

Britain has been weighing tougher curbs on children’s access to social media, with the government considering barring under 16s from such platforms – mirroring a move by Australia.