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Pascale Davies

Austria moves to ban social media for children under 14, following global trend

Austria has announced plans to ban social media use for children under 14, becoming the latest EU member state to consider a national social media ban for children.

Alexander Pröll, the official in Chancellor Christian Stocker's office responsible for digitisation, said on Friday that draft legislation will be drawn up by the end of June. He said that “technically modern methods” of age verification will be used, which allow users to verify their age while respecting their privacy.

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