EU Aims to Regulate Social Media to Protect Youth

The European Union is working on regulations to curb the business models of social media platforms to protect children and teenagers, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. According to Jin10, von der Leyen stated on Tuesday that the harm experienced by young people from social media is not accidental but results from business models that treat their attention as a commodity. The regulatory efforts will target platforms such as 'X', Instagram, and Facebook, which are owned by Meta.