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The New Regulatory Frontier: Governments Move to Restrict Social Networks to Minors
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Umberto Eco is credited with the following sentence: “Social media gives the right to speak to legions of idiots who once spoke only in the bar after a glass of wine.” Echo saw the avalanche of problems that come with social networks and artificial intelligence (AI), but not the possibility of using them in our favor. It has to be made clear that both networks and AI require training versus improvisation; knowledge versus ignorance; custody vers…
Concern about cyberbullying and mental health has led several governments to tighten restrictions on access to social media for minors. Under the premise that compulsive use encourages depression and anxiety, several governments push laws that force platforms to verify the age of their users. These measures range from strict parental controls to the total ban on accounts for children under 14 or 16 years of age, depending on the country. Austral…
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