The European Commission is preparing a proposal to introduce a minimum age of 13 for access to social media platforms, according to a report by a panel of experts presented on Monday, July 13, to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The report is part of a broader effort to develop unified community-wide guidelines on the protection of minors online. Von der Leyen has summarized the underlying principle of the initiative with the statement that children should be raised by parents, not algorithms. The proposal is expected to be formally presented after the summer. The measure aims to establish common rules across EU member states regarding the access of underage users to social networks, an area currently regulated in fragmented ways at the national level.