The European Commission is moving toward stricter rules that could delay social media access for children across the EU, with a legal proposal potentially coming as soon as this summer. The plan would build on the Digital Services Act and upcoming Digital Fairness Act, while also addressing addictive design features and ongoing probes into Meta and xAI’s Grok nudification tool. #Meta #xAI #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalFairnessAct
Keypoints
- The European Commission may propose delaying social media access for children.
- An expert panel will soon release recommendations on protecting children online.
- Several European countries are already considering or using age verification rules.
- The Digital Fairness Act will target addictive and harmful platform design practices.
- The EU is investigating Meta and xAI’s Grok tool under the Digital Services Act.
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