{"id":136550,"date":"2026-07-22T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/136550\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:15:15","slug":"homo-digitalis-submits-comments-on-the-public-consultation-regarding-the-proposed-ban-on-social-media-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/136550\/","title":{"rendered":"Homo Digitalis Submits Comments on the Public Consultation Regarding the Proposed Ban on Social Media Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In April 2026, the Government\u2019s widely debated announcement of a ban on access to social media for children under the age of 15 sparked strong reactions from parents, educators, experts, and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The Draft Law was put out for public consultation, which closed on Monday, 20 July. The final version of the proposed legislation confirms our assessment that the measure was primarily a public relations announcement, lacking any substantial legal impact.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, the proposed law establishes a minimum age of 15 for accessing social media, without imposing any obligation on social media service providers to enforce this age limit through the Kids Wallet or the Gov.gr Wallet, as the competent Ministers had repeatedly claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Homo Digitalis submitted its detailed comments during this public consultation as well. Our submission is available <a href=\"https:\/\/opengov.gr\/ministryofjustice\/deliberations\/dimosia-ilektroniki-diavoyleysi-gia-to-schedio-nomoy-toy-ypoyrgeioy-dikaiosynis-me-titlo-metra-gia\/?article_page=6#part-start\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, gave relevant interviews:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>To journalist Eftichia Soufleri and NEWS247.gr, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news247.gr\/magazine\/reportage\/social-media-gia-tous-kato-ton-15-giati-i-apagorefsi-tha-meinei-sta-logia\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To journalist Dimitris Giatzoglou on SKAI 100.3 Radio, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skairadio.gr\/%C2%ABzoume-alithina%C2%BB\/episode-2026-07-18\">here<\/a> (from 09:40 onwards).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would like to express our sincere thanks to both media outlets and journalists for their interest in our work and activities!<\/p>\n<p>However, we should not assume that legislative initiatives on this issue end here. On the contrary, they are only just beginning, but on a different front.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the European Commission announced that it would present a new Regulation in September aimed at restricting children&#8217;s access to social media and other online platforms.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what obligations will be proposed under this new Regulation and whether the risks associated with the mandatory and widespread identification of users will become a reality.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] In April 2026, the Government\u2019s widely debated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":136547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83,91,67],"tags":[1262,1231,1258],"class_list":["post-136550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-actions","category-press-releases","tag-1262","tag-1231","tag-1258"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136552,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136550\/revisions\/136552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}