The Greek government has announced that it will soon implement age-based restrictions on social media for users under the age of 15. The goal behind these new regulations is to limit the notable overexposure of social media among young users, which has been shown to have some seriously negative effects.
“It’s not only that children remain glued on social media. They are isolated and this carries a double risk: the risk of depression and the risk of digital isolation, where they think that they have a friend and create a fake, digital world without living on the outside world. There were children who had 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.