A poll by CBOS for the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily found that 90.7% of respondents back introducing regulations governing minors’ access to social platforms.
An outright ban for all minors was supported by 11.1% of those surveyed. Another 35.5% favored setting the age limit at 15, while 20.9% supported a threshold of 12. Nearly one in four respondents said access should be allowed only with parental consent, and just 5.2% opposed any restrictions.
“The survey results are an important signal. Limiting access is increasingly seen as a proper social norm,” said Magdalena Bigaj, head of the Digital Citizenship Institute Foundation, quoted by the newspaper. She noted that existing limits are mostly based on platform rules rather than law and are poorly enforced by adults.
The scale of the issue is highlighted by research cited in the report, including a study by the Digital Citizenship Institute, which found that about 1.4 million children aged 7 to 12 in Poland use social media, despite most platforms being intended for users aged 13 and older.
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Source: PAP