Starmer announced Britain's intention to ban social media for children under 16

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the authorities' intention to ban social media for children under the age of 16. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on June 15.

"I am announcing that the government will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16," he said during a press conference.

Starmer added that social media negatively affects the psyche of children and shows them dangerous content. He stressed that such content can be addictive due to the endless scrolling of the feed, which takes up attention for several hours. Starmer noted that this prevents children from doing their homework, reading, playing with friends, and going to bed at the right time.

The Prime Minister clarified that some gaming platforms will be excluded from the list, but they will have to protect children from communicating with strangers. At the same time, Starmer acknowledged that it would not be easy to enforce the ban and confront technology companies that own social networks.

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On April 8, Reuters reported that Greece is planning to announce a new bill that would ban the use of social media by children under the age of 15. It was emphasized that if Athens announces new restrictive measures in the online space, the country will join the list of other states in which similar bills have either already been adopted or are actively being developed.

The Euractiv portal reported on April 28 that the Greek authorities intend to move towards reducing toxicity in the online space by introducing a ban on anonymity in social networks. At the same time, Papastergiou noted that in order to implement these plans, Athens will have to introduce a mechanism for authenticating users on the Internet, "even if they act under pseudonyms."