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The European Commission Wants to Propose Introducing an Age Limit on Internet Use in the European Union, Politico Reports

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The European Commission wants to propose introducing an age limit on Internet use in the European Union, Politico reports.The ban will affect social networks, online games, AI chatbots, and platforms for publishing video content. The EC also wants...
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The European Commission has prepared new rules to block children's access to social networks and video content sharing platforms before the age of 15, writes Politico Monday.

BRUSSELS — Europe is preparing a tightening of children's access to social media. In fact, the European Commission is preparing to propose new rules to limit the use of social networks and video sharing platforms before the age of 15. This is what emerges from some preparatory documents viewed by POLITICO and from a source familiar with the dossier. The new... Read More” “Stop social networks for children under this age”: the news is resounding,…

It is proposed that restrictions be extended to social media, online games, IE chat-bots and video publishing platforms, and that companies be required to introduce security mechanisms directly into the platform; the specific age of restrictions is not yet specified.

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to the European Commission that access to social media be restricted to those under the age of fifteen across the European Union. In a message shared on X, he explains that he has conveyed to the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, his desire that “Europe move forward quickly and demandingly” to harmonise this ban. From the first day, I have made a commitment: to protect our children onl…

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