Legal minimum age for social media required, says Oireachtas committee

The committee has also recommended a levy on streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime be introduced to fund independent Irish productions

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht recommends the prohibition of any form of profiling or tracking children’s data. File photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA

A legal minimum age requirement for opening social media accounts should be part of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, an Oireachtas committee says.

A report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill contains 26 recommendations including a legal requirement for children to be a certain age to access specified services.