Brussels slams brakes on Austria's social media ban for children

Vienna drafted a law allowing video-sharing platforms such as Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat only for people aged 14 and over. — LARS PENNING/dpa

BRUSSELS : The European Commission is holding back Austria and other EU states from introducing national social media bans for children, a spokesman for the Brussels authority said on Oct 29.

National draft laws that overlap with the age limit for social media planned at European level are to be postponed by one year at first, the spokesman said. Until then, a so-called standstill period applies.

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维也纳起草了一项法律，规定Instagram、TikTok和Snapchat等视频分享平台仅供14岁及以上人士使用。——拉尔斯·彭宁/德新社

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