EU Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-13s, Supervised Access to 15

The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15, under plans unveiled on Wednesday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Local Italy reported the announcement, quoting von der Leyen's framing: 'Europe has power to act.'

The proposal, as reported, sets two thresholds: a hard ban below 13, and a supervised regime between 13 and 15. The Local Italy does not detail the enforcement mechanism, the penalties, or the timeline for adoption, and La Veduta will not supply them.

The announcement places the EU ahead of most national governments in regulating minors' platform access, and it arrives as member states debate their own age-verification rules. Italy, like other member states, would be bound by whatever emerges from the Brussels process.