In favor of Greece’s position to establish a single age of digital adulthood in the European Union (EU) to protect children and adolescents from the harmful side of social media, today the Meta By Mark Zuckerberg, which owns Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, Threads and Whatsapp.
This is the first of the major technology companies to take a clear position on this issue, supporting the Greek proposal at European level, which aims to protect minors from harmful content and digital addiction. The Greek plan is based on the idea of automatic digital control of the young user’s age, a solution that is already integrated into the Greek Kids Wallet application, with META declaring that it accepts this age verification model horizontally in the EU.
Meta’s Public Policy Officer for Italy, Greece and Malta, Claudia Trivilino, specifically welcomed the role that Greece has taken on consultations at European level in recent months, in which both the Minister of Digital Government had been directly involved.
“I am glad that Greece plays a leading role in the vital debate among EU Member States and the process that leads to the non-paper” protection of minors from online dangers and harm. ” We support the call to the European Commission to implement the EU to the EU, integrated age verification measures, and we recommend that it is widely applied to all the digital services used by adolescents to ensure a safer online environment for all, “Ms. Tavilino said in a post.
“We believe that digital adulthood is an effective solution to ensure that adolescents have safe experiences on the internet,” he added, adding that this Meta decision is another “particularly important step” in the company’s efforts to “protect adolescents”.
Government officials have stressed that the Greek proposal has gained ground thanks to the efforts made at European level since the beginning of the year, ie shortly after the presentation of the national strategic protection of minors from the internet addiction.
The dynamics of Greek positions appeared last month, when the responsible Vice -President of the European Technology Commission Hena Virkunn expressed the intention of Brussels to establish within the Summer “Mini Wallet” with the ability to confirm the age of the Greek Kids Wallet. wallet at the end of 2026.
The issue of protecting minors from dangers in the internet era has been repeatedly prioritized by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has said that it is one of the “regulatory battles” that the EU has to give, and also in his speech at the UN General Assembly.