{
  "id": 17867,
  "url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/hong-kong-under-16-social-media-ban-educators-lawmakers",
  "title": "Hong Kong educators want a social media ban for under-16s. The government says it has no plans to legislate.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong educators and a lawmaker are urging the city to ban children under 16 from social media, calling addiction “the biggest problem facing education.” At a panel discussion this week, Lilian Chan Lui Ling-yee, honorary president of the Yan Oi Association of Principals, said legislation was needed to protect the next generation. A survey […] This story continues at The Next Web",
  "authors": "Alina Maria Stan",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-08T12:16:25.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-10T05:10:00.488Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-next-web-ai",
  "source_name": "The Next Web AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://thenextweb.com/topic/artificial-intelligence",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17867",
  "original_url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/hong-kong-under-16-social-media-ban-educators-lawmakers",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}