Many politicians around the world are rushing to “do something” about minors online. Some individual European Union member states (e.g., Greece) have already adopted age-related restrictions for children and teens using social media (to be enforced early next year), and some other countries are considering it.
Experiences from countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia have already shown that excessive age-related restrictions often lead children to circumvent the rules, and sometimes push them into less secure, fringe online environments. Australian policymakers are not yet admitting that the policy is not working and are instead opting for a Canberra-effect, calling on others to follow in their footsteps, as reported by Politico EU.
