US EditionDenmark announces plan to ban social media access for under-15s
- On Friday, Denmark's government announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for children aged under 15, while some parents may consent after assessment for access from age 13.
- To protect children and young people, officials cited disrupted sleep, loss of peace and concentration, and pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present.
- Analysts called the proposal one of the most sweeping in Europe, with Denmark among the first EU countries to introduce age limits on social media.
- A coalition of parties on both right and left backed the plan, with the ministry saying no parent, teacher or educator can stop this challenge alone.
- In international context, Australia set a precedent by enacting a December law setting minimum age 16 and fining TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram up to 50 million Australian dollars .
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"We need to make sure that there are no loopholes that allow tech giants to bypass the system," said the Danish Minister of Digital Affairs at the Associated Press on Friday.
The Nordic Kingdom has reached a parliamentary agreement to allow this ban.
Denmark to ban social media for anyone under 15 years old
Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial interests. The move would give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to let their children access social media from age 13. It wasn’t immediately clear how such a ban would be…
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The Independent (US)Denmark bans social media for children under 15
It wasn't immediately clear how such a ban would be enforced
The Danish Government was discussing the possibility of imposing restrictions on the use of social media for children under the age of 15, reports Reuters, and the authorities wished to leave parents with the right to allow children access to certain platforms at their discretion.
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