EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13
“While ultimately it is up to parents to decide when children get their first smartphones, what we already have is a consensus that there needs to be a start date for the age children can join social media,” says European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen.
The European Commission should impose a social media “start date” of age 13 for children, President Ursula von der Leyen says.
Von der Leyen told the Financial Times on Monday that she is considering a “harmonised EU-wide delay to social media” for kids under age 13 who are not under the supervision of a caregiver.
“While ultimately it is up to parents to decide when children get their first smartphones, what we already have is a consensus that there needs to be a start date for the age children can join social media,” von der Leyen said separately in a statement issued Sunday.
Source: https://therecord.media/eu-proposed-social-media-ban-kids-under-13
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