The EU wants stricter social rules for kids under 16
Europe is moving toward a tiered social media plan: no personal accounts for under-13s, supervised mini accounts for 13-to-15-year-olds, and safer design rules for users up to 18.
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The short version
WIRED reports that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to restrict children's access to social media across EU member states as part of an upcoming EU Kids Act.
What is proposed
According to WIRED, the proposal would ban social media for children under 13. Children aged 13 to 15 would not get personal accounts, but could use parent- or guardian-supervised mini accounts with limited features for one hour per day.
The hard part
The plan still has to move through the EU process, and enforcement is the messy bit. WIRED notes concerns around age checks, privacy, parental monitoring, and whether young users will simply work around the rules.
Geekish take
This is the next phase of the child safety fight: not just "should kids be online," but who verifies age, who supervises accounts, and how platforms redesign feeds without turning privacy into collateral damage.
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