Would you ban children from social media? Because someone just has.

A bill passed on Florida could one day be passed in the UK.

In the United States of America, a bill has been signed that has echoed a conversation in the UK.

In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill known as HB3 to ‘Protect Children from the Harms of Social Media’.

Described as ‘one of the US’s most restrictive social media bans for minors’, this bill has banned social media accounts for children under 14 and requires parental permission for 14 and 15-year-olds.

The British Prime Minister was also heard in the Commons earlier this year discussing the prospect of limiting social media for children.

“Social media harms children in a variety of ways,” the Governor said as he was signing the bill. “HB 3 gives parents a greater ability to protect their children.”

A similar idea was voiced in the Houses of Parliament by the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year.

However, his idea was to ban 16-year-olds from social media.

Rishi Sunak's Government passed the Online Safety Act back in October 2023 which was aimed at making companies more responsible for users' safety.

Do you think social media should be banned for children?