Türkiye will ban minors under 15 from opening social media accounts

China News Service, Beijing, October 10th Ankara News: The Turkish Presidential Palace issued regulations on the 10th local time, banning minors under the age of 15 from opening social media accounts from November 1st.

Based on news from AFP, Bloomberg and other media, according to regulations, social network service providers must verify the age of users when they create their accounts. Account applications from minors under the age of 15 should be rejected. For accounts under the age of 15 but under 18, it is mandatory to provide parental control tools. Service providers are also required to set up high-level privacy protection and implement content filtering. If a service provider has reasonable grounds to suspect that someone is using an account in violation of age restrictions, it must suspend the account and require the user to complete age verification.

The regulations also stipulate that social network service providers must "take necessary technical and management measures" to implement the protection of young people. Specific measures include "not providing any services that may lead to children's addiction" and "not having live broadcast functions".

In December 2025, Australia began to implement the world's first social media ban for minors, prohibiting people under the age of 16 from using social media that is included in the banned list. The United Kingdom, France, Spain, Greece, Denmark and other countries have promoted similar legislative processes to strengthen the control of minors' use of social media.