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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a ban on social media access for children under 15, effective January 1, 2027, making Greece one of the first nations to implement such a measure and signaling a growing global regulatory trend impacting major tech platforms.
Mitsotakis made the announcement on TikTok on April 8, stating the difficult but necessary measure aims to combat addiction and protect children's innocence and freedom, citing scientific evidence on screen time's harm to brain development. He plans to pressure the European Union to adopt similar regulations.
This move follows a global pattern, with Australia requiring TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat to remove under-16 accounts since December, and Indonesia enforcing a ban for under-16s since March, issuing summons to Google and Meta for non-compliance. Austria announced a ban for under-14s last month, while Spain and Denmark also intend to introduce a digital age of majority for social networks.
A recent "historic" verdict in New Mexico found Meta liable for endangering children.
