Denmark to ban social media for under-15s


The bill, the timeline of which remains unspecified, would authorise parents to let their child use social media from the age of 13. — Pixabay

COPENHAGEN: Denmark said on Oct 7 it planned to introduce a social media ban for children under the age of 15.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen did not specify which social media networks would fall under the ban, nor how it would work in practice, as she announced the initiative in a speech to parliament at the opening of its autumn session.

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