PM defends planned social media ban for young, says gaming, online gambling next

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended the government’s program to prohibition teenagers under the property of 15 from utilizing κοινωνικά media from adjacent year, citing concerns implicit intelligence health, while indicating that gaming and online gambling will beryllium the adjacent sectors to look age-related restrictions.

The premier curate announced the measurement connected TikTok connected Wednesday, outlining the blimpish New Democracy government’s proposal.

In follow-up comments for an infokids.gr interrogation published Thursday, Mitsotakis criticized what helium described arsenic “infinite scrolling,” arguing that κοινωνικά media platforms are designed to maximize user clip online for profit.

“Parents are desperate,” helium said, adding that the caller model would springiness them “two weapons”: the quality to tell children that κοινωνικά media use is amerciable under the caller rules, and the instauration of mandatory property verification by platforms starting January 1, 2027.

Mitsotakis said κοινωνικά media companies will beryllium required to verify users’ ages, while urging parents to consult the authorities level parco.gov.gr for guidance connected instrumentality settings and exertion restrictions.

He stressed that the inaugural is portion of a broader strategy, announcing that gaming and online gambling will beryllium addressed next. Artificial quality and its interaction connected acquisition are besides connected government’s agenda, Mitsotakis said. 

“Do we want artificial quality and these applications to bash our children’s homework, oregon should children bash it themselves?” helium questioned. “It is simply a world – let’s not kid ourselves – it is already happening today arsenic we speak.”