{"id":20332,"date":"2026-10-03T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20332"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:26:28","slug":"what-went-right-this-week-the-eus-social-media-ban-for-kids-plus-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20332","title":{"rendered":"What went right this week: the EU\u2019s social media ban for kids, plus more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong> The opening of an article from Positive News. Read the original for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Positive News &bull; Gavin Haines &bull; September 18, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The EU to ban social media for kids, England approved a life-extending breast cancer drug, and reading was linked to better health, plus more good news<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The EU to ban social media for kids, England approved a life-extending breast cancer drug, and reading was linked to better health, plus more good news<\/p>\n<p>The European Union (EU) has announced plans to ban social media for under-13s \u2013 a move welcomed by child safety campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals were unveiled on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany perceive the power of big tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree; we do not have to accept addictive social media designs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Positive News &bull; Gavin Haines &bull; September 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/good-news-stories-from-week-38-of-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at Positive News &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt: The opening of an article from Positive News. Read the original for the full story. Positive News &bull; Gavin Haines &bull; September 18, 2026 The EU to ban social media for kids, England approved a life-extending breast cancer drug, and reading was linked to better health, plus more good news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-positive-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}