Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children aged under 15
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Denmark's government has announced a plan to ban social media access for anyone under 15. The Ministry of Digitalization has led the move, allowing some parents to consent for children as young as 13 after assessment.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government on Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15.

The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalization, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.

Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children.

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    We should also ban it for people over 65ish. My mom is going down a terrible rabbit hole and gets fooled by AI propaganda constantly.

    I would ban it outright (at least the ones that are run by non-EU corporations and don’t have open algorithms), but that probably won’t make the cut.

    • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      I might have upvoted that except how do you define “run by”? Who is the fediverse “run by”?

      • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
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        12 hours ago

        It’s open source and there are no closed / hidden algorithms at all. So all fediverse services would be exempt anyways.