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The Netherlands, Spain push for EU-wide minimum age on social media

The European Commission is expected to announce a social media ban for minors next week. The Netherlands and Spain want it harmonised, EU-enforced, and extended to video games and AI chatbots.

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00:01Spain and the Netherlands are pushing for an EU-wide minimum age for social media use,
00:07as the European Commission prepares to announce its own proposal next week.
00:11In a proposal circulated on Friday, the two countries said the social media ban should be extended to video games,
00:19AI chatbots and other risky digital services.
00:22Restricting miners' access to social media has become an increasingly hot topic in the EU.
00:27France, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are all considering or advancing national legislation to that effect.
00:35The Dutch-Spanish paper makes the case for tackling addictive algorithms and harmful design across all digital services.
00:43Their proposal also argues the upcoming proposal should be wary of leaning on parental consent as a mitigating measure,
00:51since it would be difficult to implement and would introduce additional privacy risks.
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