European Parliament · 17 September 2026

Impact of social media and the online environment on young people

Adopted

395 in favour · 136 against · 80 abstained. 611 of 720 members voted; 109 did not.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Supports the introduction for online platforms of a ‘youth mode’, disabling targeted advertising and limiting addictive design features for minors
• Regrets the fact that several mechanisms used by online platforms to control access to their services, such as self-declaration, are easily bypassed, and that minors still have widespread access to age-inappropriate content
• Stresses that social media can cause addiction and thus serious mental health harms, particularly for minors, with links to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and body image issues

Quoted from A10-0220/2026, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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• Roll-call results, 17 September 2026
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