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Episode: Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that
Description: Greece announced plans to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls.
Dimitris Papastergiou, the minister of Digital Governance, said the Kids Wallet app, due to launch in March, is aimed at safeguarding children under the age of 15 from the risks of excessive and inappropriate internet use.
The app will be run by a widely used government services platform and operate in conjunction with an existing smartphone app for adults to carry digital identification documents.
βItβs a big change,β Papastergiou told reporters, adding that the app would...