Norway to raise minimum age to be on social media to 15

Children in Norway will no longer be able to access apps like Instagram and X until they are 15 - (Getty)

Norway has announced plans to increase the age limit for social media use to 15 in an effort to protect children from the “power of algorithms”.

Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the new rules would also prevent tech companies from collecting personal data from under-15s, which would extend to firms like Netflix.