Netherlands latest European country to mull social media ban for children
The new Dutch minority government is pushing to raise the minimum age to access social media to 15 — the latest such proposal in Europe after France and the United Kingdom announced similar efforts.
The new Dutch minority government is pushing to raise the minimum age to access social media in Europe to 15, documents released Friday show.
The Dutch push is the latest move to ban social media for children in Europe, where French lawmakers recently greenlit a bill barring children under 15 from social media. That bill will take effect in September.
A week earlier, on January 19, the British government announced it is considering banning social media for children under age 16 with Prime Minister Keir Starmer writing that “being a child should not be about constant judgement from strangers or the pressure to perform for likes.”
Source: https://therecord.media/netherlands-social-media-ban-children
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