The government has laid out the systems it expects social media giants to have in place in time for its world-leading teenage ban in December, including the ability to detect underage users, stop them bypassing the ban and making it easy for wrongfully deactivated users to appeal.

On Tuesday, Communications Minister Anika Wells and the e-safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant will issue fresh directions to platforms including YouTube , TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, to explain what will be considered as taking reasonable steps to comply with the ban. Loading...

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