European CommissionMar 10

For digital spaces built on safety, transparency, and freedom.

We brought together top experts for our new Special Panel on child safety online.

We are looking into real solutions, like harmonised age limits for social media across all EU countries , and making sure tech platforms step up to protect young minds.

We are here to help make the internet a safer playground.

More 👉 https://link.europa.eu/cKjMRh

Show threadDr. Ionescu Alexandru
@EUCommission This is one salutary proposal. Kids need to be shielded from all the non-sense social media stuff. Some adults too, but one step at a time.
Mar 10 at 10:18amWeb
Show threadMisuse CaseMar 10
@drionescu @EUCommission So you are saying we should start surveilling and censoring what kids see on the internet and then do the same for adults you don’t like
Show threadDr. Ionescu AlexandruMar 10
@MisuseCase @EUCommission I am not saying anything. It's not my job or my speciality to create laws or regulations. However I can't not observe the impact social media has on kids and teens as well (at least in my country) as some less educated adults. So, yes, I would welcome something that reduces the negative impact of social media on out future generations.
Show threadMisuse CaseMar 10

@drionescu @EUCommission This won’t do it and it will invade everyone’s privacy, expose all our data to greater risk of hacking, and create the mechanisms for censorship the likes of what we see in China or Russia.

You can tell it’s not going to constrain social media companies at all because Meta is lobbying for it, in part to avoid fines for violating existing laws on children’s online privacy in the U.S.