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2mo ago

EU Signals Summer Bid to Delay Minors’ Access to Social Media

The push points to binding age rules backed by EU enforcement under the Digital Services Act.

Varios jóvenes muetran sus móviles, con los que acceden a redes sociales.
Archivo - La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, en una imagen de archivo.
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\"Debemos considerar un aplazamiento en las redes sociales\", sugirió la presidenta de la Comisión Europea Úrsula Von der Leyen.

Overview

  • Ursula von der Leyen, speaking Tuesday in Copenhagen, tasked an expert panel to deliver findings before July and said a summer legislative proposal is possible.
  • The European Commission is piloting an age‑verification app in roughly ten member states, including Spain, to help enforce any new age limits.
  • Using the Digital Services Act, EU regulators have opened cases into TikTok, Meta and X over how their platforms protect children.
  • The EU recently found Meta failing to keep under‑13s off Facebook and Instagram, and in February warned TikTok to fix addictive design or face large fines.
  • Von der Leyen also pointed to a forthcoming Digital Fairness law that would target features such as infinite scroll, autoplay and push alerts that hook young users.