{"id":906767,"date":"2026-05-18T11:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/greece-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:13:09","slug":"greece-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/greece-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece To Ban Social Media Access For Children Under 15 In 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_66\">\n<p>News Investigators\/ Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece will ban children under the age of 15 from accessing social media starting Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Mitsotakis said the decision followed extensive discussions with parents and young people, many of whom expressed concerns over sleep disruption, increased stress and excessive mobile phone use among children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scientific evidence is clear: when children spend long hours in front of screens, the brain does not rest,\u201d adding that the government had decided to proceed with \u201ca difficult but necessary measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the prime minister, the relevant regulatory framework will be introduced in the summer of 2026 and take effect at the beginning of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging that the measure may face opposition from younger generations, Mitsotakis said the government\u2019s role is not always to be \u201cpleasant,\u201d but to act in the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>He urged young people to reflect on the impact of social media on their well-being. <\/p>\n<p>Xinhua\/NAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinvestigatorsng.com\/author\/editor\/\" title=\"Editor\"><img alt=\"Editor\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ab67ce46302815e0bee10d2e2c9f0efe1fd682b50eb2343df707ecf7c5cb681?s=117&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"117\" width=\"117\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinvestigatorsng.com\/greece-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-in-2027\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Investigators\/ Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece will ban children under the age of 15 from accessing social media starting Jan. 1, 2027. In a social media post, Mitsotakis said the decision followed extensive discussions with parents and young people, many of whom expressed concerns over sleep disruption, increased stress and excessive mobile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":906768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37376,700],"tags":[16878,7299],"class_list":{"0":"post-906767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greece","8":"category-social","9":"tag-greece","10":"tag-social"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}