{"id":3176,"date":"2026-10-23T13:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:03:56","slug":"greece-passes-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3176","title":{"rendered":"Greece passes social media ban for children under 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Greece\u2019s parliament approved a bill on Friday that bans \u200bthe use of social media \u200cplatforms for children under 15 amid growing concerns over their impact on the \u200bhealth and safety of minors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u200bban comes into force on January \u20601, 2027<\/p>\n<p>Australia was the first \u200bcountry to pass legislation to curb \u200bthe use of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/australia-europe-countries-move-curb-childrens-social-media-access-2026-09-17\/\">social media by minors<\/a>, doing so last year. A similar law passed \u200bin France was struck down \u200bby the country\u2019s Constitutional Council in August<\/p>\n<p>Greek Prime \u200cMinister \u2060Kyriakos Mitsotakis said social media platforms have 2-1\/2 months to devise a way to verify users\u2019 ages \u200band protect \u200btheir \u2060privacy<\/p>\n<p>Greece is among seven European Union countries seeking an \u200bage verification solution with the \u200bEuropean \u2060Commission<\/p>\n<p>Greece says it is standing by parents to help curb the \u201cendless \u2060scrolling\u201d \u200bthat deprives children of \u200bsleep, concentration and time with their friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s parliament approved a bill on Friday that bans \u200bthe use of social media \u200cplatforms for children under 15 amid growing concerns over their impact on the \u200bhealth and safety of minors. The \u200bban comes into force on January \u20601, 2027 Australia was the first \u200bcountry to pass legislation to curb \u200bthe use of social media by minors, doing so last year. A similar law passed \u200bin France was struck down \u200bby the country\u2019s Constitutional Council in August Greek Prime \u200cMinister \u2060Kyriakos Mitsotakis said social media platforms have 2-1\/2 months&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}