While the new legislation would permit parents, following a specific assessment, to grant their 13 and 14-year-olds access, significant questions remain regarding the practical enforcement of such a sweeping ban.
Many tech companies already impose age restrictions on their platforms, yet officials and experts widely acknowledge that these measures are frequently circumvented by pre-teens, rendering them largely ineffective.
This measure represents one of the most far-reaching steps taken by a European Union government to curb social media use among younger demographics, a growing global concern.
Caroline Stage, Denmark's minister for digital affairs, highlighted the pervasive nature of online platforms among children, revealing that 94 per cent of Danish under-13s and over half of those under 10 already maintain social media profiles.
