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Mared Gwyn Jones

Brussels cautions EU countries against overstepping with social media crackdowns

European Union countries looking to impose additional restrictions on social media platforms should be careful not to tread on the European Commission’s toes, a spokesperson for the executive said on Wednesday after Spain announced it would ban social media for under-16s.

"Of course we value the fact that member states want to go a step further, potentially by restricting social media access for kids,” Thomas Regnier, the Commission’s spokesperson for tech, told reporters on Wednesday.

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