Overview
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a Copenhagen summit Tuesday that the EU may propose a “social media delay” for teens as soon as this summer.
- She said Brussels is acting against TikTok’s features such as endless scrolling, autoplay and push alerts, and accused Meta of failing to keep under‑13s off Instagram and Facebook.
- The Commission has opened proceedings against X over concerns that its Grok AI tool generated sexual images of women and children.
- A forthcoming Digital Fairness Act would ban manipulative, addictive design and tighten the use of AI on social platforms, building on Digital Services Act cases already under way into TikTok, Meta and X.
- Any age cap would need reliable checks, with the Commission promoting an EU age‑verification app for national digital wallets that critics say showed security flaws, while moves in Australia and several EU states add pressure for an EU‑wide line.