EU tells countries to pause national social media bans for a year
The European Commission has told member countries to halt domestic social media restrictions on children for 12 months as it pursues unified bloc-wide legislation.
The European Commission has instructed European Union member states to put national social media bans for children on hold for 12 months. The executive body is asking for the pause because it seeks to establish a single, unified EU law to regulate the issue across the bloc instead of a patchwork of individual country measures.[1]
The decision has already met pushback from member states impacted by the directive. Austria, which had its under-14 social media ban frozen for a year by the EU, pushed back firmly against the move, declaring that it is unacceptable for Brussels to block member states from taking action.[1][2]
