Friday, February 13, 2026

TECH_ Portugal Approves Bill Imposing Restrictions on Children Accessing Social Media (Victoria Friedman - THE EPOCH TIMES)

THE EPOCH TIMES

Portugal Approves Bill Imposing Restrictions on Children Accessing Social Media

The move is one of the first by a European country to pass legislation restricting social media access for minors.


A woman holds a phone displaying the TikTok app, in this file photo. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

Victoria Friedman
2/13/2026|Updated: 2/13/2026


Portugal’s parliament approved a bill on Feb. 12 that would require explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social media.

The bill passed by 148 votes to 69, with 13 abstentions. It can still be modified before the final legislation is passed.

Authors of the bill from the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) said the law was needed to protect children from cyberbullying and online predators.

“We have to protect our children ... we don’t intend to prohibit for the sake of prohibiting, we intend to create a norm to give more power to parents and families, to accompany and control,” PSD lawmaker Paulo Marcelo said before the vote.

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READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/tech/portugal-approves-bill-imposing-restrictions-on-children-accessing-social-media-5985253?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1

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