Turkey restricts social media access for children under 15

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Turkey restricts social media access for children under 15
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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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