Euractiv reports the drive to put age verification on social media accounts for young people now includes the liberal Renew Europe group. The party released a policy paper calling for the EU to crack down on addictive designs and put in place mandatory protective measures, such as deactivating continuous playback, screenshotting minors’ content and notification limits during nighttime hours. Their push comes as more government leaders throughout the EU are vowing to take action against social media companies to protect children’s mental health, including the European Commission.
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