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Brussels challenges the French law banning social media for under-15s, deeming it non-compliant with European regulations, and aims to introduce a crackdown applicable to all minors in the Union. Will it really succeed by September? Facts and comments.

The list of countries intending to restrict social media access for minors is growing longer and longer. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promises to do so within a year and to also introduce a digital “curfew” for under-18s. All the details.

While Europe hesitates to establish a ban on social media use below a certain age, some countries are moving forward independently. This is the case of Greece, which will ban social media for those under 15 starting in 2027. But what is happening in the rest of the world? And, above all, are these measures effective? Facts and commentary.

Social media put young people at risk by fostering addiction and distress, while companies and adults do not do enough to protect them. The article by Francesco Provinciali for the transdisciplinary scientific journal Adolescenze of the Varenna Foundation for Childhood and Adolescence, of which he is a member of the technical scientific committee.

Social networks act like cigarettes, products designed to create addiction that cause known harm, but are (apparently) regulated only after years of resistance from lobbyists and the companies themselves. The article by Enrico Pedemonte taken from Stefano Feltri’s Notes