{"id":641006,"date":"2026-06-16T04:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641006\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:12:08","slug":"newspaper-headlines-social-media-firms-hit-back-and-arson-attack-on-starmer-linked-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641006\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper headlines: ‘Social media firms hit back’ and ‘Arson attack on Starmer linked to Russia’"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Guardian, allies of the prime minister say the social media ban he announced yesterday for under-16s will form part of his “political legacy”, external<\/a> if he’s ousted.<\/p>\n

The Daily Telegraph says online safety campaigners have called the policy a “rush job”, external<\/a> and there’s “criticism over how it will actually work”.<\/p>\n

The Times says Apple and Google, which run the operating systems of many smartphones, could be “forced to carry out age checks”, external<\/a>, while the Financial Times reports, external<\/a> that officials are looking at how to stop young people from using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to get round the restrictions.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the i Paper’s, external<\/a> coverage of the G7 summit in France notes that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have met in person for the first time since Sir Keir refused to join the president’s war against Iran.<\/p>\n

The paper says he will be keen to avoid “any fresh clash” with Trump. It also points out this could be one of the prime minister’s last appearances on the international stage – as the threat of a leadership challenge looms.<\/p>\n

Several papers lead on the murder and abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey. The Daily Mail asks whether “political correctness” played a role, external<\/a> in the failure to stop the men who adopted him. “Betrayed” is the Sun’s headline.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mirror devotes its front page to the murdered MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess., external<\/a> On the 10th anniversary of Cox’s killing, the paper says their “shattered families” have united to call for a return to “decency and civility”.<\/p>\n

The Daily Express focuses on the fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales., external<\/a> The family of Dame Esther Rantzen – who has stage four cancer and has long campaigned in favour of assisted dying – say they’re “delighted” that proposals will be put to Parliament again, after the last bill stalled in the House of Lords.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Daily Star says the partners of the England football team have set up base in Miami for the men’s World Cup, external<\/a> in the US – 1400 miles away from the Three Lion’s HQ in Kansas City. The paper says “sleepovers” have been “outlawed”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Guardian, allies of the prime minister say the social media ban he announced yesterday for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-641006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}