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Greece enacts social media ban for kids under 15
Greece's parliament has passed a social media ban for kids under 15 after its prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis first announced the measure earlier this year .
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Greece’s parliament approved a law banning children under 15 from using social‑media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X, with the measure set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who first announced the proposal earlier this year, described the ban as “difficult but necessary.” The legislation requires the affected services to implement proportionate, reliable age‑verification methods. Digital governance and AI minister Dimitris Papastergiou said the government could not wait for broader European regulation, emphasizing the need to protect children who are “sinking into the internet every day.”
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