Students discuss the incoming social media ban with MP Matt Western and minister for AI and online safety Kanishka Narayan. Students discuss the incoming social media ban with MP Matt Western and minister for AI and online safety Kanishka Narayan. MP MATT Western has been talking with students about the ban on social media for under 16s. A social media ban for under 16s was announced by the Government last month with plans to bring it into force next spring. Mr Western said: “The social media ban is a generational change and it is crucial that young people can have their voices heard in the process.