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EU Pauses Plan for Country-Level Social Media Bans on Children

Original: EU hits pause on country-level social media bans for children

The European Union has put on hold moves to allow individual member states to ban children from social media platforms. Several countries had pushed for national-level restrictions on minors' access, but EU institutions have decided to pause the initiative for now. The decision leaves the question of how to protect minors online unresolved, and debate is expected to continue over whether rules should be set at EU or national level.

Why now: Governments and regulators are actively debating how to protect children online, making the EU's decision to pause national bans newsworthy.

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