"Austria plans to ban children under 14 from using social media, with an official saying certain online sites are addictive and making young people sick."
"We will decisively protect children and young people in future from the negative effects of social media, Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said."
"The risks associated with this use were ignored for long enough, and now it is time to act, he added."
"The announcement comes days after a Los Angeles jury found Alphabet's Google and Meta liable for $6m in damages in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit."
Austria is set to implement a ban on social media usage for children under 14, citing addiction and health issues. The conservative junior minister for digitisation, Alexander Proll, announced that draft legislation will be prepared by June. Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler emphasized the need to protect children from the negative impacts of social media, stating that the government will assess platforms based on their addictive nature and harmful content. This initiative follows a recent legal case against Google and Meta regarding social media addiction.
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