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Under-16s could be limited to two hours a day on social media sites to break 'unhealthy' doomscrolling habits, says Cabinet minister
Children could be limited to two hours per day on social media sites in a bid to break 'unhealthy' doomscrolling habits. Peter Kyle, the Technology Secretary, said the Government was 'looking very carefully' at how to stop youngsters spending hours viewing online content. The Cabinet minister warned that children were displaying 'compulsive behaviour' on some apps and 'need some help just to take control of their online lives'. According to Sky News, a two-hour cap per platform is being seriously considered following ministers' meetings with current and former employees of tech companies. A night-time or school-time curfew has also been discussed. The measures would block children from accessing apps such as TikTok or Snapchat once they hit a limit. Mr Kyle told the TV news channel: 'I'll be making an announcement on these things in the near future. 'But I am looking very carefully about the overall time kids spend on these apps. 'I think some parents feel a bit disempowered about how to actually make their kids healthier online.' The Technology Secretary added: 'I think some kids feel that sometimes there is so much compulsive behaviour with interaction with the apps. 'They need some help just to take control of their online lives and those are things I'm looking at really carefully. 'We talk a lot about a healthy childhood offline. We need to do the same online. I think sleep is very important, to be able to focus on studying is very important.' Mr Kyle said his aim was to stop children spending hours viewing content which 'isn't criminal, but it's unhealthy, the overuse of some of these apps'. He added that he wanted to 'tip the balance' in favour of parents 'not always being the ones who are just ripping phones out of the kids' hands'. 'I think we can incentivise the companies and we can set a slightly different threshold,' he continued. A survey of 1,000 children from Darlington, County Durham, mostly aged 14 and 15, found that 40 per cent of them spent at least six hours a day online. One in five spent as long as eight hours scrolling. Most of the under-16s (55 per cent) had seen inappropriate sexual or violent content - often unprompted. And three-quarters of the under-16s had been contacted online by strangers. Under the Online Safety Act, sites containing potentially harmful content, like porn sites, will have to perform age checks on users. Any company that fails to comply with the checks by this Friday could be fined or could be made unavailable in the UK through a court order.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Indonesia to cut tariffs, barriers in new US trade deal
Indonesia has agreed to eliminate tariffs on more than 99 per cent of US goods and scrap all non-tariff barriers facing American firms, while the US will drop threatened tariffs on Indonesian products to 19 per cent from 32 per cent. Trump hailed the deal, which he first announced on July 15, in a posting on his Truth Social media platform, calling it a "huge win for our Automakers, Tech Companies, Workers, Farmers, Ranchers, and Manufacturers." Details of a framework for the accord were released in a joint statement by both countries, and a fact sheet issued by the White House. They said negotiators for both countries would finalise the actual agreement in coming weeks. "Today, the United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia agreed to a framework for negotiating an agreement on reciprocal trade to strengthen our bilateral economic relationship, which will provide both countries' exporters unprecedented access to each other's markets," the statement said. The Indonesia deal is among only a handful reached so far by the Trump administration ahead of an August 1 deadline when higher tariffs are due to kick in. The US tariff rate on Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, matches the 19 per cent announced for the Philippines earlier on Tuesday. Vietnam's tariff rate has been set at 20 per cent. Under the agreement, Indonesia will immediately drop its plans to levy tariffs on internet data flows and it agreed to support renewal of a longstanding World Trade Organization moratorium on e-commerce duties, a senior Trump administration official told reporters on a conference call. Indonesia also will remove recently enacted pre-shipment inspections and verifications of US exports that have posed problems for US agricultural exports and contributed to a growing US farm trade deficit, the official said. The official, who was not authorised to speak publicly, said the agreement could help restore the surplus in agricultural goods that the United States once had with Indonesia, until it implemented the pre-shipment requirements. In a win for US automakers, the official said Indonesia has agreed to accept US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for vehicles exported from the United States to the growing country of 280 million people. Indonesia also has agreed to remove export restrictions on industrial commodities, including critical minerals, the joint statement said. The US official said it would also remove local content requirements for products using these commodities that were shipped to the United States. The joint statement said the US would reduce the reciprocal tariff rate to 19 per cent, and "may also identify certain commodities that are not naturally available or domestically produced in the United States for a further reduction in the reciprocal tariff rate". Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data
Reuters
3 days ago
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Indonesia to cut tariffs, non-tariff barriers in US trade deal
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Indonesia has agreed to eliminate tariffs on more than 99% of U.S. goods and scrap all non-tariff barriers facing American firms, while the U.S. will drop threatened tariffs on Indonesian products to 19% from 32%, the two countries said on Tuesday. Trump hailed the deal, which he first announced on July 15, in a posting on his Truth Social media platform, calling it a "huge win for our Automakers, Tech Companies, Workers, Farmers, Ranchers, and Manufacturers." Details of a framework for the accord were released in a joint statement by both countries, and a fact sheet issued by the White House. They said negotiators for both countries would finalize the actual agreement in coming weeks. "Today, the United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia agreed to a framework for negotiating an agreement on reciprocal trade to strengthen our bilateral economic relationship, which will provide both countries' exporters unprecedented access to each other's markets," the statement said. The Indonesia deal is among only a handful reached so far by the Trump administration ahead of an August 1 deadline when higher tariffs are due to kick in. The U.S. tariff rate on Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, matches the 19% announced for the Philippines earlier on Tuesday. Vietnam's tariff rate has been set at 20%. Under the agreement, Indonesia will immediately drop its plans to levy tariffs on internet data flows and it agreed to support renewal of a longstanding World Trade Organization moratorium on e-commerce duties, a senior Trump administration official told reporters on a conference call. Indonesia also will remove recently enacted pre-shipment inspections and verifications of U.S. exports that have posed problems for U.S. agricultural exports and contributed to a growing U.S. farm trade deficit, the official said. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said the agreement could help restore the surplus in agricultural goods that the United States once had with Indonesia, until it implemented the pre-shipment requirements. In a win for U.S. automakers, the official said Indonesia has agreed to accept U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for vehicles exported from the United States to the growing country of 280 million people. Indonesia also has agreed to remove export restrictions on industrial commodities, including critical minerals, the joint statement said. The U.S. official said it would also remove local content requirements for products using these commodities that were shipped to the United States. The joint statement said the U.S. would reduce the reciprocal tariff rate to 19%, and "may also identify certain commodities that are not naturally available or domestically produced in the United States for a further reduction in the reciprocal tariff rate." No further details were provided. The two countries said they would negotiate rules of origin to ensure the benefits of the deal accrue mainly to the U.S. and Indonesia, not third countries. They said Indonesia would work to address barriers for U.S. goods, including through the removal of import restrictions and licensing requirements on U.S. remanufactured goods or parts. Indonesia also agreed to join the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity and take actions to address global excess capacity in the steel sector.
