Austria Plans Social-Media Ban for Kids as It Awaits EU Rules

Austria plans to announce a sweeping ban on social media for children and add school classes on digital competency, moving ahead of the European Union’s efforts to protect kids from online addiction.

Youth below the age of 14 won’t be able to access social media platforms and schools will allocate more time to teaching AI and media literacy, according to government plans presented to reporters in Vienna on Friday.

The announcement highlights urgency on the matter, with several other EU member states considering similar bans and a US jury having ruled earlier this week that tech companies were liable in ...