EU experts begin crafting a ban on children’s use of social media
BRUSSELS — An EU expert group will begin work this week on whether to restrict or ban social media access for children, aiming to deliver recommendations by summer, the European Commission said. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will attend the panel’s inaugural meeting on Thursday, underscoring the political weight behind the effort she launched in September.
Brussels is weighing a minimum age to use social media across the 27-nation bloc, taking cues from Australia, which in December ordered TikTok, YouTube,…