Griechenland kündigt Social-Media-Verbot für unter 15-Jährige an und begründet dies mit Angstzuständen und Schlafproblemen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/greece-proposes-social-media-ban-under-15s-anxiety-sleep-problems
Griechenland kündigt Social-Media-Verbot für unter 15-Jährige an und begründet dies mit Angstzuständen und Schlafproblemen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/greece-proposes-social-media-ban-under-15s-anxiety-sleep-problems
10 Kommentare
Why not go lower? why not ban under 13, under 10 and so on?
Rolling the new release out slowly, only some regions are supported at this moment. Stay tuned for updates!
Just ban it for everyone honestly
actually best news i’ve heard in a while
Parents abdicating responsibility to the government, how cool
We need more of this.
Kids are raised on iPads now. I don’t think no social is the whole fix
And I cite a load of baloney as their line of reasoning.
Are they banning children or sneakily using the age verification to get _even more_ tracking/surveillance?
What makes this difficult is that the problem isn’t really the technology itself, but the incentive structure behind it. Platforms optimize for engagement because attention is the business model.
That means the systems are constantly learning what keeps people — including kids — scrolling longer. Regulating age access might help a bit, but it doesn’t really change that underlying incentive.
What I find interesting is how many places now actively require phones: scanning QR codes in restaurants, accessing information through apps, even in museums. You’re basically asking visitors to hold the most distracting device ever created while they’re supposed to focus on the experience itself.
I work around museums so I’m probably biased, but it does make me wonder whether we’ve normalized bringing the attention economy into spaces that used to be relatively screen-free.