The European Union will propose limiting access to social media for children under 15 years old in a flagship “Kids Act” that will be unveiled on Thursday.
The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots, and online games to children under the age of 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP.
The European Union is working to ban social media for kids under 13 and restrict the use of technology and artificial intelligence services for older children, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her annual address Wednesday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots. “I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I…
By Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — The European Union is moving to ban social media for under 13s and impose restrictions on the digital technology for older children, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday.
In today's Tech Bytes, a wide-ranging plan to protect children online. The European Union will reportedly propose banning kids under 15 from social media.
Ursula von der Leyen announces draft law to stop apps ‘depriving children of their childhood’ The EU will move forward with plans for an under 13s social media ban , the head of the European Commission has confirmed.
The European Union’s top official proposed on Wednesday banning children under 13 across the 27-nation bloc from using social media sites and imposing limits for older teens on accessing the platforms. The plan outlined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen adds to global efforts to …
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top official proposed on Wednesday banning children under 13 across the 27-nation bloc from using social media sites and imposing limits for older teens on accessing the platforms.
Social networks could be required to use age verification tools to stop under 15s creating their own accounts, and children under 13 would be banned from accessing social media.
The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants -- and on forcing companies to make platforms safe before minors use them. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Lisa Dittmer, Researcher, Children and Young People’s Digital Rights at Am…