{"id":316700,"date":"2026-02-10T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/which-european-countries-are-considering-banning-social-networks-for-children-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:01:08","slug":"which-european-countries-are-considering-banning-social-networks-for-children-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/which-european-countries-are-considering-banning-social-networks-for-children-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Which European countries are considering banning social networks for children? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/p7sv_hiPPPQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Which European countries are considering banning social networks for children? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p7sv_hiPPPQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>European countries are moving toward restrictions on children\u2019s access to social media. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has backed the idea of an EU-wide age limit, similar to Australia\u2019s new law barring under-16s from social platforms. So far, Spain and France are the only countries introducing concrete measures, while others are still weighing their options. France could become the first European nation to impose a ban, with lawmakers debating legislation that would restrict social media access for under-15s. We spoke with DW correspondent Jack Parrock, and with experts Paul Richter, an affiliate fellow with Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, and Stephan Dreyer, who leads research on media governance at Hamburg&#8217;s Hans-Bredow-Institut.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro and report on France&#8217;s push for a ban on social media for young teens<br \/>\n04:17 Interview Jack Parrock, DW Correspondent<br \/>\n08:46 Interview Paul Rickter, Bruegel<br \/>\n14:45 Interview Stephan Dreyer, Hans-Bredow Institute<\/p>\n<p>#socialmedia #france #socialmediaban<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European countries are moving toward restrictions on children\u2019s access to social media. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has backed the idea of an EU-wide age limit, similar to Australia\u2019s new law barring under-16s from social platforms. So far, Spain and France are the only countries introducing concrete measures, while others are still weighing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[131844,129862,135539],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-316700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-countries","tag-european","tag-moving"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Which European countries are considering banning social networks for children? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Which European countries are considering banning social networks for children? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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