European Union proposes ban on social media for under-13s
The details of the project will be presented on Thursday
TL;DR
- Social media to be banned for children under 13.
- Children aged 13-15 will have limited accounts with parental supervision and restricted features.
- Platforms will be required to implement safe design features for users aged 15-18.
- The proposed 'EU Kids Act' will apply to social media, AI assistants, chatbots, and online games.
- Operators must eliminate addictive features like infinite scrolling and hyper-personalized recommendations.
- Platforms will need to systematically verify the age of new users.
- Non-compliance could result in fines up to 6% of a company's global turnover.