Access to social media (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook) only for those over 15 and effective age verification of users – these are the key provisions of the bill prepared by the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Ministry of National Education. The new regulations also aim to increase online safety education for children and young people. The government plans to adopt the bill in the first quarter of 2027.
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Discussions have finally begun in Japan about SNS regulations for children. In Europe and America, there is an active movement toward a “uniform ban on use due to age,” but what should Japan, where there are not few cautious people, look like? Journalist Tsuda Daisuke examines it.
Access to social media (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook) only for those over 15 and effective age verification of users – these are the key provisions of the bill prepared by the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Ministry of National Education. The new regulations also aim to increase online safety education for children and young people. The government plans to adopt the bill in the first quarter of 2027.