The measures would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.
Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children.
It would follow upon a move in December in Australia, where parliament enacted the world's first ban on social media for children, setting the minimum age at 16.
That made platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram subject to fines of up to $50 million for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.
"As one of the first countries in the EU, Denmark is now taking a groundbreaking step towards introducing age limits on social media. This is done to protect children and young people in the digital world," the Ministry for Digitalisation said in a statement.
A coalition of parties on both the right and left of politics is "making it clear that children should not be left alone in a digital world where harmful content and commercial interests are too much a part of shaping their everyday lives and childhoods".
Children and young people have their sleep disrupted, lose their and concentration, and experience increasing pressure from digital relationships where adults are not always present, it said.
"We are finally drawing a line in the sand," Minister of Digitalisation Caroline Stage said.
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