The government conducted extensive consultation with young people, parents, mental health professionals, legal professionals, community, civil society groups and industry representatives during the development of the law.
‘The law doesn’t contain any penalties for children or their parents’ Australian Ambassador in Athens Alison Duncan told To Vima International Edition
PM Mitsotakis inaugurated a relevant event by saying the government doesn't believe in a complete ban on the use of social media platforms by minors, saying this would be ineffective
Greece is preparing to restrict the use of social media for minors, following a series of concerning cyberbullying and physical attacks related to social media platforms.
Some big brands have been slow to join the platform but now are experimenting with ways to reach a new audience
Mitsotakis, in essence, sets in motion the plan to impose restrictions on children under the age of 15 years having access to social media, in an attempt to safeguard the country’s youth.
Recently, the Australian parliament passed a law banning teenagers under 16 from using social media.
When couples who make their living online split up, assessing the accounts’ future value and divvying them up fairly is a drag
An autopsy report is pending into the cause of death of a Pakistani man, 38, arrested and held in a central Athens precinct
Arrest of founder Pavel Durov has drawn fresh attention to how pedophile rings, identity thieves and drug traffickers use the app as a shop window to sell their wares
Both women recorded the Tilos encounter with cell phones, with the isle's mayor first posting on social media and ostensibly identifying the citizen by name
Macron asserts politics didn’t play role in arrest of tech entrepreneur Durov
Former president has also started tweeting again
The bestselling author is calling on parents to take away their children’s phones. He also is confronting allegations of junk science.
Being let go used to be a private moment. Now it’s often fodder for social-media content.
Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta
Excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly, users say
The popular app can feed young users a stream of intense, polarized and hard-to-verify videos about the Israel-Hamas war
Social media offers a Gen-Z take on life outside the workforce, with minimal housework and maximal self-care: ‘It’s really not what it seems’
Research has shown that frequent use of technology has been linked to increased symptoms of attention deficit disorder, reduced emotional and social intelligence, technology addiction, social isolation, reduced brain development, and in some cases sleep disturbance