US EditionSix EU Countries Plan to Ban Social Media for Minors
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Children: The European Commission has decided to build an app that makes it easier to prove your age of consent online. So that users…
This week Bloomberg reported that Spain, France and Greece will propose legislation to the EU on June 6 that would require every device connected to the Internet to have age verification technology. The main argument for this is that our children need to be protected from the harmful effects of social media, smartphones, pornography and gambling websites. However, this means that the Internet - and in particular the free access to information - …
With the EU against tech companies: The Greens in Lower Saxony are calling for tough sanctions for uncooperative social media platforms. In addition, there is a need for a minimum age for use.Social media, which do not comply with European law, should, according to the Greens in Lower Saxony's Landtag, be severely sanctioned – up to the EU-wide shutdown.This was decided by the Group at a conference in Brussels in a key point paper, which should …
Six EU Countries Plan to Ban Social Media for Minors
What began as an initiative to reinforce digital safety for minors is rapidly evolving into one of the most ambitious—and potentially controversial—regulatory reforms of the European digital space. Denmark, Slovenia, and Cyprus have joined the plan launched by Spain, France, and Greece to establish a common minimum age across the European Union (EU) for minors to access social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, or X.The proposal will be …
As early as July 2025, a European application will allow Internet users to prove their age without delivering their personal data to the platforms. An initiative that is part of the growing pressure exerted by...
The head of the Senate Committee on Defense, Public Order and National Security, PNL member Nicoleta Pauliuc, says she will submit to Parliament the Online Age Law, a legislative initiative that sets the age of digital maturity at 16. The initiative also introduces firm measures to protect minors in the virtual environment, given that the EU is launching an application in July that allows age verification without collecting personal data. “This…
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