RegulationSBC News · 2d ago
Is the UK’s under-16 social media ban a win for online bookmakers?
By Ted Orme-Claye•June 15, 2026
The brief
The accountability shift of the UK’s under-16 social media ban may favour UK gambling operators. The public narrative around messaging, promotion and targeting no longer focuses solely on bookmakers, but the wider platform being used. The Labour government and PM Keir Starmer have vowed to “give kids their childhood b…
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