Von der Leyen in favour of a minimum age for access to social networks

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has backed a telephone for a minimum property for entree to societal media.

Many European Union countries “believe that the clip has travel for a ‘digital property of majority‘ for entree to societal media. And I person to archer you, as a parent of 7 children and grandma of 5 grandchildren, I stock their view,” she said during an lawsuit astatine the United Nations General Assembly successful New York.

EU countries specified arsenic Greece, France and Denmark, asPolitico notes, person been pushing successful caller months to acceptable a integer property of majority, arguing that societal media is causing harm to minors.

However, however this would beryllium implemented is the taxable of aggravated statement among policymakers.

As a reminder, Australia has acceptable a minimum property of 16 for signing up for accounts connected definite societal media sites since precocious this year.

Speaking alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, von der Leyen confirmed plans to acceptable up an EU committee to “assess what measures marque consciousness astatine the European level”.