{"id":1852,"date":"2025-12-10T21:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ludoff.life\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:53:09","slug":"instagram-agrees-europe-needs-a-digital-majority-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ludoff.life\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"Instagram agrees Europe needs a Digital Majority Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"411\">Instagram supports the EU\u2019s proposal for a continent-wide \u201cDigital Majority Age\u201d to enhance youth online safety. For over a decade, Instagram has implemented measures to protect young users, requiring a minimum age of 13 and introducing Teen Accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. These accounts offer safeguards such as limiting contacts, filtering sensitive content, and setting daily usage limits.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"730\">With the average teenager using around 40 apps weekly, each with varying age requirements and safety standards, a consistent Digital Majority Age is needed. This would set a uniform minimum age for all apps, requiring parental approval for younger teens and preventing them from turning to less safe digital spaces.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1178\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Implementation relies on three pillars: broad application across digital services, a centralized and robust age verification system, and a streamlined parental approval process. Requiring app stores or operating systems to verify age and gain parental consent is privacy-preserving, widely supported, and already used in countries like the U.S. and Brazil. A coordinated public-private approach is essential to protect today\u2019s digital generation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1178\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f50d.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd0d\" \/>\u00a0Want the full picture?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gZSvjTIPkH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/static\/instagram-europe-digital-majority-age\/\">Instagram agrees Europe needs a Digital Majority Age<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Instagram agrees Europe needs a Digital Majority Age&#8221; &#8212; The Times &amp; The Sunday Times\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/static\/instagram-europe-digital-majority-age\/embed\/#?secret=P0cGcZyYoH#?secret=gZSvjTIPkH\" data-secret=\"gZSvjTIPkH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram supports the EU\u2019s proposal for a continent-wide \u201cDigital Majority Age\u201d to enhance youth online safety. For over a decade, Instagram has implemented measures to protect young users, requiring a minimum age of 13 and introducing Teen Accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. 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