Europe is moving toward tougher rules on social media for children, with leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sánchez warning about addiction, abuse, and harmful content online. But the push for stricter regulation has sparked fierce reactions from Big Tech figures, including Elon Musk, raising questions about a growing transatlantic clash over digital power, free speech, and child safety.
In this episode of Wider View, we look at whether Europe is ready to confront tech giants, what real protections for children might look like, and whether bans alone can solve the problem.
Join Grzegorz Nawrocki and his guests: Isaline Wittorski, Project Lead at ECPAT International and Omri Preiss, Managing Director at Alliance4Europe, for Wider View.
00:00 Kids’ Brains “Not for Sale”: Europe Declares War on Big Tech
02:29 “Digital Wild West”: Sánchez Pushes a Youth Social Media Ban
03:03 Child Safety = Democracy Security (info-warfare & manipulation)
05:47 What Changed: AI, X, and the Trust & Safety Rollback
07:38 The Real Damage: Victims, long-term harm, and why self-regulation failed
09:30 DSA: Enforcement, red lines, and fines that could actually bite
12:38 Australia Test Case + What Europe Should Do Next (design, age-appropriate, sovereignty)
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