May 12 (UPI) -- The European Union is considering a ban on social media for children, EU President Ursula Von der Leyen said at the European Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Children.
Von der Leyen said Tuesday that the bloc will take action this fall against the "addictive design" of certain platforms.
The EU has created what she called a "Special Panel of experts on Child Safety Online" and is awaiting findings from its work.
"Depending on the results, we could come with a legal proposal this summer," she said.
"We are taking action against TikTok and its addictive design -- endless scrolling, autoplay, and push notifications. The same applies to Meta, because we believe Instagram and Facebook are failing to enforce their own minimum age of 13," Von der Leyen said in her speech in Denmark.
