The President of the European Commission supported the idea of setting a minimum age for access to social networks, the so -called “age of digital maturity”. As a mother and grandmother, she agrees with the proposal because social networks can harm the mental development of children.
On Wednesday, the President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen supported the call to set a minimum age for access to social networks. TASR writes about it according to Politico.
Von der der leyen: as a mother of seven and grandmother five children with suggestions I agree
Many European Union countries “believe that it is time for” digital maturity “for access to social media. And I must tell you that as the mother of seven children and grandmother five children the same opinion”, she said during the UN General Assembly in New York.
EU countries such as Greece, France and Denmark have been trying to determine the age of digital adulthood in recent months with the argument that social media can harm the mental development of minors. Public policy makers are currently discussing the exact form.
Australia is in a leader in the field of effort to restrict damage to the internet abuse
Von Der Leyen, in the performance alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanes, confirmed plans for the creation of the EU Commission to “assess what steps they make sense at European level”.
Australia is at the forefront of global efforts to limit the damage from abuse on the Internet. In November, it passed a breakthrough law restricting entry into social networks for persons under 16 years of age who will come into effect by the end of this year. Social media giants such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X are threatened with a violation of the ban on teenagers up to $ 49.5 million (almost € 28 million).
