http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/48c51c553c6434ec https://verfassungsblog.de/turkey-social-media-ban/ Another Click in the Wall - A Legal Analysis of the Proposed Turkish Social Media Ban for Children Taşçı, M. Fatih Hayyar, M. Emre eng 2026-03-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 childrens rights Platform Governance Platform Regulation Social Media Social Media Ban Turkey Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Australian social media ban for children under 16 set in motion a regulatory trend across Europe. Turkey is next in line: On 4 March, a draft law imposing a social media ban on children under 15 and restrictions on children aged 15 and older was introduced in the Grand National Assembly. Although the Turkish approach offers a more nuanced model by introducing a two-tiered system, it appears that some of the central flaws of the current trend are not overcome: it ignores the potential adverse effects of excluding children from the modern public squares.