The Commission president proposes no social media for children under 13 in the EU
THE SO WHAT
If the EU hardens a 13–15 cutoff for social media accounts, youth growth and engagement assumptions for consumer platforms in Europe need a rewrite. Product, growth, and ad teams should model under-18 usage as structurally constrained and shift toward family, education, and over-18 monetization surfaces.
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