Turkey restricts social media access
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Turkey restricts social media access for children under 15

Turkey's parliament has approved an amendment to the law that limits young people's access to social media.

The measures apply to children under 15 years of age and mean, among other things, that social media platforms must introduce age-verification systems.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan must now approve the amendment within 15 days.

"We live in a time where some digital sharing apps are corrupting the minds of our children. Social media platforms have, to put it bluntly, become cesspools," he said in a televised speech this week.

Turkey is the latest in a series of countries, including Denmark and France, that have restricted or are in the process of restricting social media to protect children. The issue is also being discussed in Sweden.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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