Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen needs the European Union to impose an age restrict of 15 years previous to make use of social media, in an effort to raised defend younger smartphone customers from dangerous content material and display screen dependancy.
“At this time you may create a profile in most locations in case you are simply 13 years previous. However if you’re 13 years previous, you are still a child. And we’ve got seen that the danger for youngsters on social media is just too nice,” Frederiksen wrote in Danish paper Politiken on Sunday and co-authored with EU lawmaker Christel Schaldemose.
An age restrict must include efficient age verification instruments, as “tech giants do not take duty for it,” they added.
