In a ‘Shout Out’ published on Monday 23 February, Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, calls on European States to exercise caution before introducing a minimum age for access to social media platforms.
The desire to protect children from an online ecosystem that does not take account of their vulnerability is legitimate, says the Commissioner, but “banning children’s access to social media, though, shifts the responsibility for safety from...