EU mulls social media ban for children under 13

The EU is preparing legislation to ban social media use for children under 13, with exceptions for parental supervision, based on an expert report documenting harms from platform use. Von der Leyen signalled the formal law will follow within months; Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, India, Indonesia and Malaysia have already adopted or are considering similar restrictions. If you run a social media platform or build user acquisition for one, the EU just closed the under-13 market. You now need either verified parental consent infrastructure or a pivot to 13+ monetisation before the law lands.