{"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":[60,52,52,64,53,49,45,44,43],"name":"Very useful"},{"data":[33,38,37,29,37,38,36,39,34],"name":"Somewhat useful"},{"data":[3,6,5,4,5,8,13,11,17],"name":"Not useful"},{"data":[4,4,6,3,5,5,6,6,6],"name":"No opinion"}],"_data":[["\ufeffCategory","Very useful","Somewhat useful","Not useful","No opinion"],["Support channels should exist to report harmful content",60,33,3,4],["Think before you share' pop-ups and daily reshare limits",52,38,6,4],["Apps should ask minors\u2019 interests, not track them",52,37,5,6],["Inappropriate content blurred for users below a certain age",64,29,4,3],["Specific default settings for minors' accounts'",53,37,5,5],["Social media account only from a certain age",49,38,8,5],["Video games should have a time limit for minors per day",45,36,13,6],["Personal smartphone only from a certain age",44,39,11,6],["Private smartphones' use banned in school",43,34,17,6]],"labels":{"name":"\ufeffCategory","values":["Support channels should exist to report harmful content","Think before you share' pop-ups and daily reshare limits","Apps should ask minors\u2019 interests, not track them","Inappropriate content blurred for users below a certain age","Specific default settings for minors' accounts'","Social media account only from a certain age","Video games should have a time limit for minors per day","Personal smartphone only from a certain age","Private smartphones' use banned in school"]},"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":"Usefulness of regulatory inititatives (2025)","topic":"Public Sentiment","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":"95.0","geographical":"European Union (Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain)"},"description":"This table evaluates the perceived usefulness of various regulatory initiatives aimed at protecting minors online, as reported by young people (aged 12-17) in five European countries. The data reveal a strong preference for safety measures based on design over prohibitive ones. The highest levels of support are found for blurring inappropriate content (64% \"very useful\") and establishing support channels for reporting harm (60% \"very useful\"). This indicates that minors prioritise functional tools that mitigate exposure and provide immediate recourse. The majority of respondents view specific default settings for minors (53%) and shifting from algorithmic tracking to interest-based selection (52%) as highly useful interventions. Similarly, behavioural nudges such as 'Think before you share' pop-ups are considered highly effective by 52% of young people.\r\nIn contrast, prohibitive and exclusionary measures receive the lowest 'very useful' ratings in the dataset. Age-based restrictions on social media (49%), smartphones (44%) and blanket bans on devices in schools (43%) attract the most scepticism, with school bans receiving the highest proportion of \"not useful\" responses at 17%."}