The EU Wants to Ban Kids Under 13 From Social Media
Ursula von der Leyen is pushing to lock young kids out of doomscrolling, arguing it is time to stop algorithms from eating children's brains.
Europe is officially tired of watching toddlers hypnotized by short-form videos. The EU is now laying the groundwork for a sweeping law that would ban kids under 13 from using social media without explicit parental approval.
The whole plan comes after a team of experts dropped a report pointing out that infinite scrolling and brain-rot algorithms aren't exactly doing wonders for growing minds. They even threw in a recommendation that kids under three should get zero screen time at all, which is going to be a tough sell for exhausted parents everywhere.
This isn't just a random proposal either. Ursula von der Leyen made it clear the goal is to stop tech companies from harvesting young kids' attention spans, following in the footsteps of Australia, which already shut down social accounts for under-16s last year.
Millennials spent their childhoods dodging strangers in chat rooms, but the next generation might need a notarized permission slip just to watch dance trends on TikTok.
Source: Politico
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