Cyprus to Submit Social Media Age Limit Bill to Parliament in December

Cyprus to submit social media age limit bill to parliament in December

Cyprus intends to submit a bill to parliament in December setting a minimum age of 15 for access to social media, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou confirmed on Thursday. The bill would bar anyone under 15 from creating or maintaining accounts on social networking platforms, with responsibility for enforcing the limit resting on the platforms […]

Cyprus to use Digital Citizen for social media age checks

Cyprus plans to use its Digital Citizen platform to verify the ages of social media users, while platforms will also be expected to check existing accounts once the new legislation comes into force, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Nikodemos Damianou said. The bill, which the government aims to submit to parliament in December, would set 15 as the minimum age for unrestricted access to social media and place responsibil…