Inside von der Leyen’s push for an EU social media ban

(Eliza Gkritsi and Gabriel Gavin – Politico) If young Europeans soon find themselves kicked off social media they’ll have Ursula von der Leyen to thank. Monday brings a key step in the European Commission president’s well-orchestrated push to enact an EU-wide social media ban for young people: the release of an expert report on the dangers of social media for minors. Von der Leyen brought together child psychiatrist Jörg Fegert and social epidemiologist Maria Melchior to tell the EU how to best shield children from online harm, with months of input from dozens of other experts. – Inside von der Leyen’s push for an EU social media ban  – POLITICO