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Papastergiou on the 15-Year Age Limit on Social Media: "The Responsibility Will Lie with the Platforms Themselves" - The Message to Parents

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Dimitris Papastergiou explains how platforms will take over age verification on social media and how Kids Wallet makes it easier for parents
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The minister placed special emphasis on the need for meaningful communication of parents with their children, pointing out that the protection of minors cannot be exhausted in technological measures or prohibitions.

Dimitris Papastergiou explains how platforms will take over age verification on social media and how Kids Wallet makes it easier for parents

The aim is to limit the burden on parents, who until now have been required to largely manage their children's use of digital services on their own.

The Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou, analyzed the role of digital platforms in the implementation of the age limit for social media, the operation of the Kids Wallet and the sanctions for non-compliance, as well as the supercomputer "Daedalus" and the integration of traffic violation control cameras. The responsibility for checking the age of users will "burden" the platforms, utilizing the Kids Wallet for verification, wit…

The role of digital platforms in implementing the age limit for the use of social media, the operation of the Kids Wallet, as well as the sanctions in case of non-compliance, was described by the Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou, speaking on the ERTnews show "Connections". In his interview, he also referred to the "Daedalus" supercomputer and the integration of cameras for checking violations of the Road Traffic Code into a …

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ERT NEWS broke the news on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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