Turkey’s education ministry is preparing to sue Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, over allegations that content on its platforms harms children’s education and development, Education Minister Yusuf Tekin announced Thursday.
Tekin outlined the plans while answering journalists’ questions on his return from the United Arab Emirates, citing legal action in the United States and European Union as examples.
He urged social media companies to prevent children from accessing content that could harm them, arguing that restrictions on cellphone use at school could not protect students using social media at home.
In the United States, state attorneys general announced an agreement in August under which Meta would pay up to $17.1 billion and introduce safeguards for minors, subject to court approval, following litigation over allegations that its platforms encouraged addictive use among children.
The European Commission issued preliminary findings in July that Facebook and Instagram’s addictive design violated the bloc’s Digital Services Act, citing failures to assess and reduce risks to users’ physical and mental health.
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