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EU targets social media to protect children, von der Leyen says
The European Commission plans new rules on addictive design and age verification as it weighs a bloc-wide social media ban for minors.
- Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Tuesday at the European Summit in Denmark that the European Commission will regulate social media business models to protect children from harmful design practices.
- In a Copenhagen speech, Von Der Leyen asserted that damages to youth are 'the result of business models that treat our children's attention as a commodity,' not accidental exposure.
- The Commission argues TikTok and Meta are failing to enforce a minimum age of 13 while using addictive design features like endless scrolling, autoplay, and push notifications.
- Simultaneously investigating Twitter for spreading non-consensual content generated by its Grok Artificial Intelligence tool, the European Union developed a secure age-verification app for Member states integration.
- Later this year, the Commission will target 'addictive and harmful design practices' including subscription traps, complex contracts, and attention capture mechanisms to protect children further.
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Ursula von der Leyen already talked about it last year, and she would like to start the process this year.
At the conference, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU is working on a proposal to limit children's use of social media.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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sabado.pt"Depending on the results [of the panel of experts on child safety online], we can present a legislative proposal this summer," said Ursula von der Leyen.
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