The European Union has announced plans to restrict social media access for younger children by setting a proposed age threshold for creating accounts.
Under the plans, only children over the age of 15 would be able to set up their own social media accounts. The measure would therefore prevent under-15s from opening accounts in their own name if implemented as described.
The announcement concerns access to social media platforms by children and focuses specifically on account creation. The supplied material does not include further details on how the restriction would be enforced, which platforms would be covered, or when the plan could take effect.
No additional information was provided on possible exemptions, parental involvement, penalties for non-compliance, or responses from social media companies, parents, schools or children’s organisations.
The latest stated position is that the EU has announced the plan, with further detail needed on its implementation and practical impact.
