The Irish government is considering plans to introduce age restrictions on social media platforms as part of a broader AI strategy at a cabinet meeting Wednesday.
“Ireland will strongly advocate for a decision on the ‘digital age of majority’ to be taken at EU level,” the Prime Minister’s office said in a memo seen by Bloomberg, adding it will “take action domestically if necessary.”
It also added it would work actively with like-minded European Union member states to explore options to introduce age restrictions on the use of social media especially for under-16s.
The AI strategy also includes objectives to ...
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