Overview
- The draft would set a firm minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and would not allow parental consent as an exception.
- Plans include stricter age-verification and registration requirements designed to curb underage access on major platforms.
- The package proposes criminal liability for manipulation of recommendation algorithms intended to limit disinformation and hate speech.
- President Pedro Sánchez presented the five-measure plan at the World Government Summit in Dubai, framing the effort as protecting children from an unregulated online environment.
- Officials and observers describe the initiative as among Europe’s most ambitious, as other countries such as Germany debate similar age limits.