Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, took to the United Nations (UN) platform to detail the risks that children and teenagers face from the use of digital platforms and social media.
“I welcome initiatives such as the one announced by Australia to introduce an age criterion for the use of social media,” the PM expressed.
“Tech companies must come to the negotiating table and demonstrate that they will take tangible and measurable actions to prioritise security over profits. If they don’t, pragmatic solutions like banning the devices in our schools – a ban Greece implemented starting this year – will be complemented by tougher regulatory responses,” Mitsotakis added.
We will work closely with the Commonwealth to implement this, which will be welcomed by parents across the country. pic.twitter.com/y1KIxIJybk
— Peter Malinauskas (@PMalinauskasMP) September 10, 2024
The pending bill in Australia orders the protection of minors from overexposure to social media with the minimum age to use it expected to be set between 14 and 16.
According to Real Gr, Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou, alluded to initiatives for the socialisation of youth.
“So you will see initiatives for this part as well. The Ministry of Education started the obvious initiative in schools (with the mobile phone) but because schools end at noon and there is also life in the afternoon, in the evening, there is life on weekends. So we all have to join forces over there,” he said.
