Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15
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Denmark's government has announced a plan to ban social media access for anyone under 15. The Ministry of Digitalization has led the move, allowing some parents to consent for children as young as 13 after assessment.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government on Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15.

The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalization, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.

Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children.

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    We should also ban it for people over 65ish. My mom is going down a terrible rabbit hole and gets fooled by AI propaganda constantly.

    I would ban it outright (at least the ones that are run by non-EU corporations and don’t have open algorithms), but that probably won’t make the cut.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    53·
    2 months ago

    GOOD

    It’s not perfect, but it would be a good start.

    There’s far, far too much evidence of negative impacts to children and young adults from social media, particularly in terms of mental health.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Dumb idea, banning something for kids just makes it cooler.

    Also a dumb idea because we will just get outsmarted by kids evading these bans faster than we make them, and the end result will be wherever kids will go as an alternative (digital or not) will just be more opaque to adults who genuinely care and want the best for kids.