Greece will prohibit from 2027 access to the social networks to the children y teenagers of less than 15 years, announced this Wednesday the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakisin a video in TikTok.
“We have decided to take a step forward with a difficult but indispensable measure: prohibiting access to social networks for children under 15 years of age,” explained the leader.
As specified, the measure it will be voted this summer, and prohibition will come into force on January 1, 2027.
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The ban will apply to platforms that privilege the continuous parade of content such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok y Snapchat.
However, they will be able to use messaging services and video platforms, including Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber y YouTube.
Australia was the first country in the world to legislate on the issue, and prohibited in December that the under 16 years old use the main platforms.
The measure responded to the need to protect minors from “the predatory algorithms“and of cyberacoso.
Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok y Twitch have complied with the new legislation, under penalty of fines of up to 28 million euros.
To protect adolescents from addictive algorithmsother countries such as Spain, France, Portugal and Denmark, and also India and Mexico, also want to restrict networks to teenagers.
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Mitsotakis chose TikTok to address young people and explain the reason for this initiative.
“The science is categorical: when a child spends hours in front of a screen, the brain does not rest,” he noted. And “many children tell me that they are tired of so much comparison, of the comments, of the pressure of always being there,” he added.
Addressing the parentsMitsotakis told them that the prohibition It is nothing more than “a tool, which will never replace your presence“.
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