Minister Göktaş's post on social media regarding the age limitation regulation coming into force

Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş shared a post on her NSosyal account regarding the Regulation on the Provision of Segregated Services for Children and Age Verification by Social Network Providers, which came into force after being published in the Official Gazette.

Pointing out in his post that they have taken an important step towards their child-friendly digital ecosystem goals with the new social media regulation that takes into consideration the best interests of the child, Göktaş said, "In line with the new regulation that has come into force, social media services will not be provided to children under the age of 15. Only children between the ages of 15-18 can open accounts. Segregated services will be provided to children between the ages of 15-18. Platforms will offer useful parental control tools." he said.

Göktaş stated that age verification will be mandatory for new accounts to be opened in this context and said:

"Existing accounts will complete the mandatory age verification process by March 31, 2027. Only turkiye.gov.tr and the official e-Government application will be used for age verification. Apart from this, age verification will not be possible from any address or application. I hope that the new era, which is a critical threshold for a digital world where children can exist safely, will be beneficial for our children, families and nation."

Minister Göktaş shared details about the regulation

In his post, Göktaş also included visuals explaining the regulations brought by the regulation by the Ministry.

In the visuals, it is stated that messaging will be limited, only accounts that the child follows can send messages, "seen" information will not be displayed in messages, live broadcasts will not be possible, screenshots will not be taken, account suggestions will not be made, there will be no personalized advertisements with personalization, and contacts matching will not be possible.

In addition, the visuals emphasize that parents can safely monitor their children's social media usage, and it is stated that parents will have the opportunity to control account and feature settings, transactions such as in-app purchases, rentals and paid memberships, spending limits, monitoring, determining and limiting usage time, and location sharing mechanisms.