'Graduated response' to age restrictions on social media suggested for EU-wide approach

Potential restrictions on social media for under-16s could involve a “graduated response”, where different measures are put in place for different age groups, EU commissioner Michael McGrath has suggested.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner in Cork as the College of Commissioners gathered to mark the start of Ireland’s EU presidency, Ireland’s commissioner said it was clear that “harms are being done every single day to millions of young people around the world”.

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