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Midday press briefing from 28/07/2026

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Still on, on social media, and the age ban, since you said this is a prominent topic for the President and you are having also digital dialogue with the US, it happened last week that in my summer readings list, a paper from the UK from the US Embassy in the UK landed and That was about the UK social media ban that was considered by the US administration disproportionate vis a vis US tech companies,

so I would like to know, since you are planning to introduce something similar to that, if with your US counterparts you are having any kind of conversation,

also perhaps convincing them of the good reasons that you have,

that your experts also explained to us why there should be a social media ban at EU level. Thank you.

So indeed we had a Delegation of Commission officials going indeed of the Commission traveling to the US where we exchange more broadly on digital topics and on our intention to set up a digital dialogue.

Now when it comes to the European Union again, like in many sectors,

we have the sovereign right to potentially legislate this time and again I mean the protection of our kids online has no price and if we're doing something we're doing it purely for the children of the European Union and not for anyone else.

OK. Thank you, Thomas. Let's change topic. I go back to Gérard from remote.

Media information
ID I-293268
Date 28/07/2026
Duration 01:28
Personalities Thomas Regnier
Institution European Commission
Views 41