Poland 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.
Children's Mental Health Is Deteriorating: Another Country Is Preparing a Ban on Youth Social Media.
The Polish Government plans to ban the use of social networks for children under 15 years of age; the bill provides for fines for platforms and mandatory testing of the age of users; Warsaw may enter into conflict with the largest American technology companies, Bloomberg reports; Poland is promoting a new bill prepared by the ruling Civil Coalition that will prohibit access to social networks for children under 15 years of age; the document prov…
The bill would impose fines on social networks if their services remain available to children, and would place them in charge of age verification.
In Poland, a draft law will be submitted on 27 February, which provides for fines for social networks if their services remain accessible to children.
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