Meta, we support greater digital age of adolescents at EU level

"We support the proposals that aim establish a shared digital age among member countries of the EU according to which parents must approve access to digital services including social media by of the younger boys". Meta writes this in an official note, in the weeks in which a debate is underway between the countries EU to strengthen the protection of minors online also introducing a 'Digital Majority Age'. According to Meta it can be "an effective solution to ensure teenagers safe and age-appropriate online experiences, agreement that is based on three fundamental principles: approval of the parents for downloading apps by their kids more young people; coherence between the different actors in the sector, not only the social; solve the age verification issue". On this last point, in particular, Meta hopes "robust and easy-to-use mechanisms" that protect "privacy and function consistently across the industry." "It is for this - he adds - that we have been supporting for a long time as a solution common among EU countries active at app store or system level operating". "Our support for a greater digital age at EU level does not amount to an endorsement of specific government bans for social media - explains Mark Zuckerberg's company - I prohibitions take away authority from parents, they focus on only one type of online service among the nearly two million applications available to teenagers, and are unaware of how the teenagers use social media to connect with the world, grow and learn. Furthermore, the bans do not take into account the differences between the various services and the different levels of protection they offer." Finally, Meta recalls having already launched the 'Accounts for Teenagers' that include built-in protections that limit who can contact the kids and what content they can see.
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