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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent

Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children

Two teenagers using laptops while wearing headphones
The Norwegian government has pledged to introduce more safeguards to prevent children getting around the age restrictions. Photograph: Panther Media GmbH/Alamy

Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children’s brains”.

The Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, conceded it would be “an uphill battle” but said politicians must intervene to protect children from the “power of the algorithms”.

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