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News & Current Events Apr 9, 2026 at 6:15 AM

Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year

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Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year
www.bbc.com
Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year
It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain.
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QDSchro Apr 9, 2026 +8
Social media for even developed minds is a massive problem. People are literally trying to “fix” their faces to match a filter because it’s destroyed their perception of their own body, reality. Social media is not for children.
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Last-Accountant-9384 Apr 9, 2026 +4
This move will be as successful as Don Quixote of La Mancha's fight with windmills or Donald Trump of Maralago's fight with modern day wind turbines.
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rulugg Apr 9, 2026 +5
Egypt's take on age verification on the other hand (what do you think): Egypt introduces a new parental mobile SIM card for children, aimed at safer phone usage. Communications Minister Raafat Hindi announced it will launch within 60 days. Mohamed Shamroukh, head of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), said the child-focused SIM is currently in technical preparation and testing with telecom operators, with a nationwide rollout expected soon across Egypt’s four major networks: Vodafone, Orange, WE, and Etisalat.
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wegwerferie Apr 9, 2026 +7
Wouldn't a SIM immediately lose its effetiveness as soon as the kid uses public wifi? Which at least in europe is decently frequent?
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rulugg Apr 9, 2026 +3
true but atleast we don't have age verification forced on everyone which is something especially from egypt
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wegwerferie Apr 9, 2026
You sure they wouldn't put in a way to remote disable the sim card in case of "unrest" in the country?
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Horat1us_UA Apr 9, 2026 +3
They could do it now, why disable the sim for child only in case of unrest?
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rulugg Apr 9, 2026 +1
idk about that well they didn't mention this or atleast not yet
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loud_and_harmless Apr 10, 2026 +2
I vote to ban social media from everyone.
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Kenichi2233 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Good. Social media is horrible for teens
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MeduseYahoo Apr 9, 2026 +1
La France va interdire les réseaux sociaux à tout le monde.
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Ultra_Metal Apr 9, 2026 +2
Good. Social media is poison and young people do not have the capability to adequately determine what is true or false on the Internet. They are highly susceptible to disinformation.
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DarthGhengis Apr 9, 2026 +1
How will they check? How will it be enforced?? Certainly not just another way to make you provide your ID online right? Right??
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Ur-in-a-tor Apr 9, 2026 +1
Adults are the problem on social media, permaban us instead.
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CrashCalamity Apr 9, 2026
Teenagers talk, and they will absolutely find workarounds. This will only cut off those who are already being sheltered in other ways.
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