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“#Denmark is now leading the way in #Europe with a national age limit for #SocialMedia & a concerted effort to strengthen the digital wellbeing of #children & young people,” she said. “We are taking a necessary stand against a development where large #tech platforms have had free rein in children’s rooms for far too long.”
“#Children & young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their peace & concentration, & experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present,” it said. “This is a development that no parent, teacher or educator can stop alone.”
#law #tech #MentalHealthAwareness #ChildDevelopment #Denmark #SocialMedia
“As one of the first countries in the #EU, #Denmark is now taking a groundbreaking step towards introducing age limits on #SocialMedia,” the ministry said. “This is done to protect #children & young people in the digital world.”
A coalition of lawmakers from the political right, left & center “are making it clear that children should not be left alone in a digital world where harmful content & commercial interests are too much a part of shaping their everyday lives & childhoods,” it said.
The Danish Digitalization Ministry statement said the age minimum of 15 would be introduced for “certain” #SocialMedia, though it did not specify which ones. Nor did the statement indicate how such a move would be enforced, in a world where millions of #children have easy access to screens.
#law #tech #MentalHealthAwareness #ChildDevelopment #Denmark
Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a #Europe govt to address concerns about the use of #SocialMedia among #teens & younger #children, which has drawn concerns in many parts of an increasingly #online world.
It follows upon a move in December in #Australia, where parliament enacted the world’s first #ban on social media for children — setting the minimum age at 16.
#law #tech #MentalHealthAwareness #ChildDevelopment #Denmark
“It’s about their practices targeting #journalists, targeting #clergy & people exercising their constitutional rights,” said Craig Futterman, atty for the #media orgs. “We have #children, #parents & #grandparents who will forever be afraid to exercise their very rights that make this country great, assaulted by the very people assigned to protect those freedoms.”
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ICE #CBP
In #Trump’s #Chicago #immigration crackdown, agents raid #daycare, #SeniorLiving center
A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday & a #teacher was taken away, panicking #school administrators & #parents of #infants, #toddlers & pre-k #children at the center, a staff worker at the daycare told Reuters.
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #CivilRights
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-immigration-crackdown-agents-raid-daycare-senior-living-center-2025-11-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement