Mastodawn

European Commission Jul 18, 2025

We’re issuing new guidelines under the Digital Services Act to protect minors online.

These recommendations target:

➡️️ Addictive design
➡️ Cyberbullying
➡️ Harmful content
➡️ Unwanted contact from strangers

We will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the online world while minimising risks and exposure to harmful content.

https://europa.eu/!QvQBqR

#DSA

Show thread

Paul

@EUCommission i’ve said it before and I will say it again. This is the responsibility of the parents. The way you are interfering in family matters starts scaring me.
And an additional negative effect of you mingling into family matters is that parents may stop asking their children how and what they do online because the parents assume the EU has somehow “taken care” of that.

Show thread

Thibaultmol 🌈Jul 18, 2025

@Paul_Harts ok, but do you agree that kids shouldn't see gambling ads and popups?
And that kids should be able to block someone if they don't want to see/talk to them?
(I made a reply on this post where I outlinded how there is def problem with one aspect of the page they link) but in general there are a lot of things that even with parental supervision would still be shown because there would be no law prohibiting social media companies from showing it to kids

Show thread

Paul Jul 18, 2025

@thibaultmol every parent - like me - has tons of options to limit who sees what. You have parental controls on:
Your modem,
Your router,
Your mobile, and the ones of your kids,
Your tablet, and the ones of your kids,
Your computer, and the ones of your kids,
You have 100+ add blockers, some of them for free.

So; plenty of options to protect your children.
There is totally no need for the EU Commission to interfere.