Social media regulations for young users are coming to Greece

Greece announces social media restrictions for young users

The Greek government has announced that it will soon implement age-based restrictions on social media for users under the age of 15. The purpose behind these new regulations is to limit the noticeable overexposure of social media among young users, which has been shown to have some serious negative effects.

“It’s not just that kids stay glued to social media. They are isolated and this carries a double risk: the risk of depression and the risk of digital isolation, where they think they have a friend and create a fake, digital world without living in the outside world. There were children who refused to go to school.” – Sofia Zacharaki, Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs to Greek SKAI TV

The system will be broad, implementing everything from age checks and algorithm changes to awareness campaigns and time management tools for parents.