Three European countries — Spain, Greece, and France — have urged the European Commission to urgently develop and implement unified age restrictions across the European Union for children’s access to social networks, Euroactiv reports.
Authorities in these countries have expressed serious concerns about the impact of social platforms on the mental and emotional health of minors. According to them, children are “constantly exposed to superficial or comparative content,” which contributes to the development of addiction and negatively affects their overall well-being.
France and Greece insist that the minimum age for registering and fully using social networks should be 15 years old. This proposal is linked to the fact that in most European countries, citizens are issued national identity cards starting from this age, which could serve as a mechanism to verify age during online service registration.
However, the specific technical and legal details of the age verification mechanism in the initiative have not yet been disclosed. Experts suggest that passports or similar official documents may be used to confirm the age of social network users.
