EU to Present Plan to Restrict Children’s Access to Social Media

A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms are safe.

The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged an EU-wide social media ban for children after an expert group called for restrictions for under-13s.

The findings come as other nations are exploring age-based bans of their own.

Von der Leyen presented a report by a panel of experts she convened last year to look into policies to fight social media harms.