EU Proposes Under 13 Social Media Ban and App
The European Commission has proposed banning children under 13 from social media platforms with parent supervised accounts until 15. Enforcement relies on a decentralised open source app that verifies age without revealing user identity.
The European Commission proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, backed by a free open-source age-verification app covering 450 million people. The proposed Kids Act represents the world's largest social media access restriction across 27 member states. Non-compliance could trigger penalties reaching 6% of global turnover under Digital Services Act enforcement rules.
