{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[45,36,36,31,28,16,13],"name":"Percent"}],"_data":[["\ufeffCategory","Percent"],["Parents can see their social media proles and posts",45],["They need parental permission to buy or install apps",36],["Screen-time limits on their devices",36],["Parents forbid certain apps or platforms",31],["Parents review and adjust the privacy settings of games and apps",28],["Restricted friends or follow requests on their social media accounts",16],["Can only use devices at home or only their parents' devices",13]],"labels":{"name":"\ufeffCategory","values":["Parents can see their social media proles and posts","They need parental permission to buy or install apps","Screen-time limits on their devices","Parents forbid certain apps or platforms","Parents review and adjust the privacy settings of games and apps","Restricted friends or follow requests on their social media accounts","Can only use devices at home or only their parents' devices"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/www.euroconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Growing-up-online-Building-a-digital-future-for-minors-by-minors-1.pdf","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2025","title":"Restrictions on rules by the parents, to regulate minors' online activities (2025)","topic":"Tech Mindset","method":"Survey (N = 3351; Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain)","source":"Euroconsumers, Growing Up Online: Building a digital future for minors, by minors, 2026","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"93.0","geographical":"European Union (Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain)"},"description":"This table illustrates the prevalence of specific digital rules and restrictions imposed by parents on their children's online activities in five European countries: Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. This 2025 survey reveals that the primary strategy is active monitoring, with 45% of parents maintaining visibility over their children\u2019s social media profiles and posts. This is closely followed by gatekeeping measures, such as requiring permission to install apps (36%) and enforcing screen time limits (36%).\r\nWhile 31% of parents forbid specific apps or platforms entirely, technical privacy management is less common: only 28% of parents actively review and adjust the privacy settings of their children's games and apps. The least prevalent restrictions involve controlling the physical environment or social circle: only 13% of parents limit device use to the home or parental hardware, and 16% restrict follow requests."}