Ursula von der Leyen said in her State of the Union speech last month she was monitoring the new Australian ban on social media for children under 16 (Photo: Katerina Holmes)

EU ministers meet to discuss future online child protection moves

Digital

EU Political

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by Owen Carpenter-Zehe, Brussels,

EU digital ministers and the European Commission were meeting on Friday (10 October) in Denmark for an informal discussion on protecting minors online.

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter at EUobserver from the US.

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Ursula von der Leyen said in her State of the Union speech last month she was monitoring the new Australian ban on social media for children under 16 (Photo: Katerina Holmes)