U.K. to Ban Under-16s From Social Media. Here’s What Apps Are Included and When It Is Set to Start

U.K. to Ban Under-16s From Social Media. Here’s What Apps Are Included and When It Is Set to Start

The government plans to use the same model for the social media ban as Australia. Their model includes Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter). YouTube Kids and Google Classroom will not be included in the U.K. ban. Messaging services such as WhatsApp and Signal are also set to be exempt.  While a definitive…

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Kyle Richards Just Dropped Her Entire Skincare Routine—And It’s on Sale Ahead of Prime Day

Kyle Richards Just Dropped Her Entire Skincare Routine—And It’s on Sale Ahead of Prime Day

From drugstore to high-end products, E! readers can’t stop buying Kyle’s Amazon skincare recommendations. She’s a huge fan of Peter Thomas Roth (“I’ve never had a product from them that I didn’t love,” she raved), including luxe 24K gold eye patches that she calls “the best eye patches” and a cloud-like moisturizer. Kyle also swears…

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Joe Alwyn, Sarah Pidgeon Spark Romance Rumors With Outing in NYC

Joe Alwyn, Sarah Pidgeon Spark Romance Rumors With Outing in NYC

Throughout their six-year romance, Alwyn and Swift were notoriously private, which earned The Favourite star backlash once Swift’s extremely high profile romance with Travis Kelce—to whom she’s now engaged—began in 2023.  “When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other,…

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Prince William’s Son Prince George Is Following in His Footsteps With Major School Milestone 

Prince William’s Son Prince George Is Following in His Footsteps With Major School Milestone 

“I get all the details,” he said during a panel discussion for BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks: Mental Health Special Feb. 18, “which I love, you know, it’s amazing.”  But that level of dialogue not only keeps William attuned to his children’s feelings, it also makes him want to solve their problems—an instinct the 44-year-old is trying to…

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How John Early Pulled Off the Impossible With Maddie’s Secret

How John Early Pulled Off the Impossible With Maddie’s Secret

That’s not for Early’s lack of trying. He has long played ridiculous characters who are prone to self-absorption and emotional explosions, like his breakout turn as the diabolical Elliott Goss on Search Party or, more recently, his multi-episode arc as the questionably heterosexual TV writer Josh on the final season of The Comeback. Maddie exists…

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Turkey’s Erdogan Is Running Out of Tricks

Turkey’s Erdogan Is Running Out of Tricks

In recent years, as he mismanaged the economy, failed to control inflation, and turned increasingly autocratic, voters have rebuked ­Erdogan and his party. In 2024, the opposition Republican People’s ­Party (CHP), founded by Ataturk and led at the time by Ozgur Ozel, scored big wins in local elections. Ekrem Imamoglu, a young, charismatic CHP politician,…

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