# Austria advances under-14 social media ban with privacy checks

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/austria-advances-under-14-social-media-ban-with-privacy-checks/679702>\
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**Created:** [March 30, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/austria-advances-under-14-social-media-ban-with-privacy-checks/679702 "2026-03-30T10:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/austria-advances-under-14-social-media-ban-with-privacy-checks/679702/1 "2026-03-30T10:00:24Z")

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Austria plans to ban social media for kids under 14, using privacy-preserving age checks, as more countries from Australia to France and Spain move toward similar limits.

> **[Newsroom](https://www.fastcompany.com/91517486/social-media-ban-kids-spreading-country-latest-plan-restrictive-legislation?partner=rss&amp%3Butm_source=rss&amp%3Butm_medium=feed&amp%3Butm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp%3Butm_content=rss)**

Arthur 😄

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/austria-advances-under-14-social-media-ban-with-privacy-checks/679702/2 "2026-03-30T10:07:05Z")

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That makes sense if the age checks are actually privacy-preserving, because the failure mode here is building a bigger surveillance pipe in the name of child safety.

Ellen