This is stupid and unenforceable.
It’s definitely enforceable. Force social media platforms to only allow accpunt registrations with euIDs.
But its a huge hassle and wont find a political majority anytime soon.
Signing up for social media with ID? Damn. Imagine showing ID to create a Lemmy account. No thanks.
Of course you’ll always be able to sign up to obscure services such as Lemmy servers. It’s always been like that, even with the US law COPPA (nobody really checks).
This law would only be applies to major platforms that have a EU base somewhere (Meta, etc.)
But then the EU is also pushing towards interoperability. If Threads require ID checks and is 15+, but also federates, 13 year olds will just go elsewhere.
I guess the age limit could best be enforced by parents, who would be able to tell their kids they can’t use social media before they’re old enough. Sure there will still be kids around, but there will be fewer of them.
Get the hell out of here with forced id-d registration. Nobody needs or wants that other than surveillance capitalists.
Fine the parents who let the kids register early, if it gets known. This will only be a problem for those who let their kids be brought up by the internet.
You never know what kind of moronic ideas can find a political majority. Especially not when it comes to technology and surveillance.
That’s such a 14yo thing to say. Can you show some ID?
It would be wise to ban Danish universities from using Facebook. Students who do not use Facebook by choice are excluded from receiving some university announcements and information. It’s quite despicable that universities pressure students onto FB.
BTW, I could not read the article because it’s also exclusive… jailed in Cloudflare. The tl;dr bot was useful.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wants the European Union to impose an age limit of 15 years old to use social media, in an effort to better shield young smartphone users from harmful content and screen addiction.
"Today you can create a profile in most places if you are just 13 years old.
And we have seen that the risk for children on social media is too great," Frederiksen wrote in Danish paper Politiken on Sunday and co-authored with EU lawmaker Christel Schaldemose.
The new content-moderation rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA), has proven to be “not sufficient” to stand up against platforms, the two authors wrote.
They laid out proposals to “tighten the legislation,” including a ban on addictive designs and advertising to minors and a mandatory notification telling users how much time they spend on online platforms.
The idea of raising the age limit echoes French President Emmanuel Macron’s call last month to have a “digital majority” set at 15 at the EU level.
The original article contains 198 words, the summary contains 166 words. Saved 16%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!