Austria plans social media ban for children under 14

L’Austria prevede il divieto di utilizzo dei social media per i minori di 14 anni


A smartphone with displayed social app icons in this illustration taken February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters)

VIENNA, March 27 (Reuters) - Austria’s conservative-led, three-party government plans to impose a ban on social media use for children under 14, it said on Friday.

“Austria is introducing a compulsory minimum age of 14 for the use of social media platforms,” conservative junior minister for digitization Alexander Proell told a joint press conference with cabinet members from both of the other ruling parties, adding that draft legislation would be drawn up by June.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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