US EditionPoland Plans Social-Media Ban for Children Under 15, Bloomberg Report
- Poland plans to ban social media use for children under 15 years old and will require platforms to verify users' ages, announced Education Minister Barbara Nowacka in a Bloomberg interview.
- The ruling Civic Coalition will propose the new law with fines for platforms that allow underage access, aiming for enforcement by early 2027, according to Nowacka.
- Nowacka cited concerns about children's mental health and cognitive decline as reasons for the proposed legislation, with penalty amounts still being discussed.
- Similar social media restrictions have been considered or implemented by countries such as Denmark, Greece, France, Spain, Britain, and Australia, while some U.S. tech companies have opposed such measures.
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Poland Plans Social Media Ban for Under-15s
Poland has become the latest country to announce legislation to prohibit minors from accessing social media. The move comes after Australia’s landmark legislation banning under-16s from platforms came into force in December last year. The largest party in Poland’s ruling coalition is preparing a bill that would prohibit children under 15 from using social platforms and require tech companies to verify users’ ages. Education Minister Barbara Nowa…
The Polish government plans to ban the use of social media for those under the age of 15. Introducing the bill, the Polish Minister of Education noted that it is also necessary to support the mental health of young people and to strengthen the awareness of children, parents and society as a whole about the dangers of social media.
The bill would impose fines on social networks if their services remain available to children, and would place them in charge of age verification.
The extent of the fines that companies that remain accessible to young users should pay is still under discussion.
Poland intends to introduce a new legislation to ban the social networks of children under 15 years of age and will take responsibility for the age-checking platforms, declared for Bloomberg News, Minister of Education Barbara Novacka, in a...
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