Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens

"These measures will be crucial in helping young people get the sleep they need, focus on school and college, and spend more quality time with family and friends, all of which are fundamental to building a happy, healthy and fulfilling adult life."

— Liz Kendall , Politician

"Either they think 16 and 17-year-olds should be on social media or they don't, but curfews they can simply switch off won't achieve anything."

— Laura Trott , Politician

"While we welcome these measures for older teens, this latest move is yet another piecemeal set of announcements not the comprehensive plan for children's safety that's required."

— Andy Burrows , Executive

"If it's a curfew on companies using push notifications to wake someone up in the night, absolutely have a curfew."

— Sonia Livingstone , Academic

"We have to listen to young people. They don't want a ban, but they do want to be protected from addictive, infinite scrolling."

— Dame Rachel de Souza , Activist