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Danish government has reached an agreement to implement a minimum age requirement of fifteen years old on certain social media platforms

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Tags: social media, denmark, politics, policy.technology, regulation, age verification, bans, children, teenagers, government, prime ministers, mette frederiksen, policy.content, health.mental, author.dmytro hubenko, source.dw
https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-to-ban-social-media-for-children-under-15/a-74666210

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Denmark to ban social media for children under 15 - DW - 11/07/2025
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  1. tauon
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    The parental exception sounds like a sensible approach. At least more sensible than Australia’s attempt which failed to include all IMO necessary platforms. I do think this is the right way...

    The parental exception sounds like a sensible approach. At least more sensible than Australia’s attempt which failed to include all IMO necessary platforms.

    I do think this is the right way forward in general though, from a national security standpoint as well as a pro-democracy one. Imagine you’d have told some hardliner general from the cold war era that in 50 years, a foreign government will have developed a platform to effectively access the thoughts of the younger generations, including knowing political leanings and the ability to be drastically influenced on essentially any and every topic because of the people using it spending hours a day on there! Be lucky if he didn’t want to nuke ByteDance headquarters right then and there…

    Edit: if this turns out to be a covert way of attempting to bring chat control back on the table (the Danish government has lost my trust on that one completely), I’m obviously immediately retracting my support for it. Priorities sorted and all that.

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  2. winther
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    While I think this is the right direction in principle, as in my opinion with how social media algorithms work as psychological manipulation they should be considered and regulated like gambling....

    While I think this is the right direction in principle, as in my opinion with how social media algorithms work as psychological manipulation they should be considered and regulated like gambling. I am however worried what this will lead to when it comes to privacy online. As this could be used as a gateway for ID regulation. Especially because we have Danish politicians that for decades has been hellbent on mass surveillance, with an approach of saying more surveillance means more freedom and any criticism is labeled as a defense for criminals.

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