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Turkey Looks Set to Become Latest Country to Banish Kids From Social Media
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Turkey Looks Set to Become Latest Country to Banish Kids From Social Media

PetaPixel·Matt Growcoot·about 1 month ago
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Istanbul skyline on the Golden Horn. Turkey has become the latest country to pass a bill that will ban social media for young people. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now has two weeks to accept the bill after the country’s parliament passed it on Wednesday. The legislation will prevent children under the age of 15 from using social media and force tech companies to age-verify users, provide parental controls, and take down harmful content promptly. The Associated Press reports that the bill comes one week after a 14-year-old boy attacked a middle school in southern Turkey, killing nine students and a teacher. President Erdogan singled out social media in the aftermath. Police are investigating the boy’s online activities. “We are living in a period where some digital sharing applications are corrupting our children’s minds and social media platforms have, to put it bluntly, become cesspools,” Erdogan said earlier this week.…

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