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The vote turns that announcement into law. The account of the vote did not say which platforms are covered, how ages will be checked, or when enforcement begins, and those three details will decide how much the ban changes in practice.\n\nThe move fits a broader shift. Australia passed its own ban for children under 16 in November 2024, with enforcement starting in December 2025. Greece sets its line a year lower. Both approaches replace the long-standing model, in which platforms set a minimum age of 13 in their terms of service and mostly rely on users to be honest about their birthdays.\n\nThe harder question is verification. A legal age limit is simple to write. Confirming a user's age without collecting piles of sensitive data from every adult is not, and Australia's rollout is the obvious test case for whether a national ban can hold up once teenagers go looking for workarounds.","[\"greece\",\"social-media\",\"child-safety\",\"regulation\"]","2026-10-23T13:12:47.000Z","2026-10-23T13:18:20.206Z","2026-11-08T00:11:34.636Z","published","The draft still never names Engadget (it says 'a tech news outlet' and 'the account of the vote') and still reads as a note on what the source lacks. It also keeps unsupported details: the 'October 23' date, '2026' timing (source says only 'earlier this year'), and the Australia 2024\u002F2025 dates and 'a year lower' comparison, none of which are in the supplied material. Attribute the report to Engadget, state only that Greece passed a ban for under-15s after announcing it earlier this year, and dr",[24,30,34,38],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Rewrite so it reads as a news story rather than a note about what the source lacks: attribute the report to Engadget by name instead of saying 'the source,' state the 2026 timing only as far as Engadget's 'earlier this year' supports, and attribute or drop the Australia dates (2024 passage, December 2025 enforcement) since they aren't in the supplied material, ideally adding verified Greek law details such as covered platforms, verification method, start date and penalties.","open",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Name Engadget as the source instead of 'a news report' or 'the report', and drop the unsupported 'published October 23' date. Cut the 'material we reviewed' and 'not guessing' passages, which read as notes on what the source lacks. State only what Engadget supports (passed, under 15, announced 'earlier this year'). Attribute or remove the Australia under-16 comparison, since it isn't in the supplied material. 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