EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media | International

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - EU chief Ursula vonder Leyen on Wednesday threw her support behind growing calls to ban socialmedia use for children, promising to weigh action at the European level incoming months. "Many member states believe the time has come for a 'digital majority age'for access to social media," the European Commission head told an event onthe sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "I must tell you as a mother of seven children, and grandmother of five, Ishare their view," she told the gathering in New York. Von der Leyen was speaking alongside Australian Prime Minister AnthonyAlbanese, whose country is at the forefront of global efforts to curbinternet harms -- with its social media...