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BRUSSELS \u2013 A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media<\/a> as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms are safe.<\/p>\n

Growing awareness of the dangers<\/a> social media poses for young, developing brains has shown up in a wave of new restrictions globally. Australia, the U.K., Turkey, Indonesia and others have passed bans on kids under 16 or 15 from using platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.<\/p>\n

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