United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- Poland is planning to ban social media for children under the age of 15.

A draft law, whose outline will be presented by the governing Civic Coalition party on Friday (27.02.26), would see social media platforms fined if their sites remain accessible to younger children and would hold the companies responsible for verifying the ages of users.

Poland's Education Minister Barbara Nowacka told Bloomberg: "We see the mental health of children and young people, we see a decline in their intellectual competence."

The minister says the size of the fines social media firms would have to play for violations is still under consideration, but she expects the law to be implemented by early 2027.

In contemplating a ban, ...