United Kingdom, July 15 -- The UK government has proposed an overnight social media curfew for older teenagers.

Last month, the government announced that all under-16s in the UK would be banned from a range of social media platforms, but now the measures look to go further.

under the new proposal, 16 and 17-year-olds wouldn't be able to use apps like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube between midnight and 6am.

The government hopes that the curfew and other measures - including disabling "addictive" features like auto-play and infinite scroll - could improve focus, family life and sleep quality.

It's noted that teens will be able to opt out of the curfew but changing account settings, but it's not known how this will work.

Currently, paren...