{"id":256664,"date":"2026-04-23T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=256664"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:32:26","slug":"turkey-bans-access-to-online-platforms-for-under-15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/256664\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey bans access to online platforms for under-15s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Parliament of Turkey has approved an initiative restricting minors’ access to popular online platforms, requiring service providers to ensure a safe digital environment, Reuters<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Turkish lawmakers have passed a law prohibiting children under the age of 15 from using social media.<\/p>\n

The initiative was introduced by a group of 70 members of the ruling alliance.<\/p>\n

The new law requires internet service providers to block access for teenagers under 15 and to create a separate, safe online environment for children above that age, isolated from content intended for adults.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Parliament of Turkey has approved an initiative restricting minors’ access to popular online platforms, requiring service providers to ensure a safe digital environment, Reuters writes. Turkish lawmakers have passed a law prohibiting children under the age of 15 from using social media. The initiative was introduced by a group of 70 members of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":256586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,82,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-turkey","category-other-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256666,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256664\/revisions\/256666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}