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The European Union has a 'technically ready' free age check application to protect minors from harmful online content
The aim is that, by the end of the year at the latest, all Member States should be guaranteed access to the 'app' so that they can have a tool at European level to check the actual age of the user accessing social networks from mobile devices or others.
The Spanish Government will approve a law in May banning networks for children under 16 years of age
The minimum age of access to social media and the minimum age of access to social media content will be raised to 16.
Instagram Plus: new subscription service that offers longer stories, private lists and other exclusive features
Meta has started testing this new payment subscription service. A will also make it possible to highlight a story during the week so that more people can see it and send an animated 'Superlike' to stories that want to 'show special affection', among others.
Zuckerberg has defended Instagram before the judge and criticized minors who lie about their age
The founder and leader of Meta has defended the mechanisms of the social network Instagram to check the age of users during the trial in Los Angeles.
The Spanish Government will ask the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate whether X, Meta and TikTok have committed crimes
"These platforms are violating the mental health, dignity and rights of our children, something that the state cannot tolerate," Pedro Sánchez stressed on the X social network.
Excessive use of social media increases loneliness among young people, according to a study
The journal OFAmerican College Healthtoday published the results of a survey of 64,988 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 at 120 universities in the United States.
The Czech Government has been in favour of banning social networks for children under 15 years of age
In a video broadcast on X, the head of the Czech Government claims to adhere to the ban promoted in Spanish or French states.
Brussels concludes that TikTok's "addictive" design violates European Union law
Sanchez said "techno-oligarchs will not crush democracy."
The President of the Spanish Government, without naming a name, responded today in Bilbao to the CEO of the Telegram after the leader of the platform attacked him yesterday in the face of new measures on social networks.
The founder of the telegram lashes out at Sanchez for his social media plan: "These are control steps."
He has sent a message to users of the Spanish State warning that the measures announced yesterday by Pedro Sánchez may make Spain a "state under surveillance under the pretext of protection".
Age check, the main obstacle to preventing minors from accessing social media
The biometric facial examination, the credit card number or the ID don't convince you because of the risk of protecting sensitive data.
Será noticia: víspera de Santa Águeda, prohibición de RRSS a menores y decreto sobre pensiones
Experts welcome the ban on social media for children under 16
It's good for psychologists and pedagogues to have a reference age, even though they're clear it's not going to be easy to comply with the ban.
Melgosa: "Euskadi is preparing a comprehensive popular strategy on screens beyond simple answers."
The Minister for Welfare, Youth and Demographic Challenge, Nerea Melgosa, said on Tuesday that the Basque Government has a debate on "screens and emotional well-being" on its agenda and is working on a "comprehensive country strategy" that goes "beyond simple or isolated responses."
How can social media be controlled?
The aim of the Spanish Government is to establish control over social networks and digital platforms in order to protect the rights of citizens, especially minors.
Elon Musk promoted explicit content with Grok's AA to gain users in X
During the eleven days he was active, Grok's creative image produced more than three million sexualized images, of which 23,000 depicted children and about 1.8 million women. Elon Musk urged X-ray workers to prepare to work with explicit content, including sexual content, and warned workers to prepare to see "sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content that could cause them psychological stress."
They've searched the X social network's premises in France and called Elon Musk for questioning
The French Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the social network X (formerly Twitter) following a search in its offices and has called to testify the owner of the company after the investigation opened a year ago.
History of Australia and France: They have established a way to regulate the use of social networks for minors
Australia and France were the first countries to restrict teenagers' access to social networks and set a precedent that has prompted the Spanish Government to adopt a similar measure.
The Spanish Government will ban children under the age of 16 from accessing social media
There is a "historic" law in force in Australia that prohibits children under the age of 16 from using social media
According to the Australian Government, teenagers are under increasing pressure in digital environments, and early exposure to social media can aggravate problems of anxiety, low self-esteem, or school isolation.