STRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday proposed a social media ban for children under 13 and restricted access for those between 13 and 15 as she warned about the dangers of online services to minors.
She also proposed a series of obligations on social media, video sharing services, online video games, AI chatbots offering services to children below 18, a move that will hit Google’s YouTube, Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram.
The move underscored growing concerns worldwide about the effect of online services on children’s safety and health.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee and Yves Herman, editing by Inti Landauro)
