EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13
“While ultimately it is up to parents to decide when children get their first smartphones, what we already have is a consensus that there needs to be a start date for the age children can join social media,” says European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen.
Record details
Published: 13 July 2026
Source: The Record (Recorded Future News)
Category: News
Topics: Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
Related evidence
These records share source-supplied organisations, an exact publisher byline, automatic topics or regions. The reason is shown on every link; related does not mean supporting, agreeing with or verifying this record.
The European Union’s chief is considering social media restrictions for kids under 13
Fast Company Tech · 13 July 2026
Europe Takes Step Toward Possible Social Media Ban for Children
NYT Technology · 13 July 2026
Europe Wants Platforms to Prove They Are Safe for Children
Tech Policy Press · 13 July 2026
EU moves to restrict social media access for children under 13
MediaNama (IN) · 14 July 2026
EU moves towards social media ban for children
Financial Times Technology (headlines) · 13 July 2026
Ban social media for under 13s, says von der Leyen's child safety panel
Euractiv Digital · 13 July 2026
How to cite this record
ethics.ai (13 July 2026), “EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13,” evidence record 2921, https://ethics.ai/record/2921 (originally published by The Record (Recorded Future News)).
Use and limitations
This page is a stable index and citation surface for a source record. ethics.ai did not author the underlying report and has not independently verified every claim. Automatic topics may be imperfect. For consequential use, quote and cite the original publisher.