On Wednesday the Turkish parliament voted to prevent children under the age of 15 from accessing social media platforms.
This was reported by the Turkish media agency Anadolu. Turkiye has become the latest country to impose such a ban.
According to the law, kids under 15 will be banned from creating social media accounts. The digital platforms in Turkiye will now be forced to add age-verification systems. This was reported by a private Turkish news channel.
This will not be the first ban of its kind. To limit the harm of internet use for young people, similar proposals and bans have been introduced in other countries.
For example, Australia recently made a landmark move and restricted the use of social media to kids above 16 only.
The legislation was introduced by the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish President. He is expected to sign the legislation.
After the law is published in the official gazette it will take about six months for it to come into force.
When major social media platforms will be alerted to an emergency then they will have a duty to intervene within an hour.
Other than Turkiye, France has also been pushing for action against the use of social media for kids under-15.
Read more: France to ban social media for children under 15
France is planning to include, Greece, Denmark and Spain.
After Australia, Turkiye has now become the first nation to ban social media usage for children under-15.
Greece has also now shown intent to ban social media for children under 15. The European Union on the other hand has stated that it will be preparing a recommendation list of countries in the EU.
Also read: Greece plans social media ban for under-15s
