UK's own pilot data undercuts teen social media curfew it cites as proof

The UK Labour government on 16 July 2026 proposed a voluntary midnight-to-6am social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds, citing pilot data showing over 90% of teens kept restrictive defaults active. Yet that same government research found overnight-only limits left overall social media consumption largely unchanged — a gap between compliance and efficacy at the policy's core.