That's Life

The trend towards a total ban or at least restrictions on the use of social networks for children and teenagers is rapidly spreading around the world. Australia has approached the issue most strictly, completely banning social networks for young people under 16 and imposing multi-million dollar fines on platforms if they refuse to comply with this decision. Is it effective? The question is, because, according to a recent study, more than half of Australian teenagers continue to use social networks after the ban. But that is a separate topic. More than 10 other countries have also introduced restrictions of varying degrees of severity, at least 10 of them are in the process of actively implementing this decision.

In the last plenary week, the Verkhovna Rada came as close as possible to voting on a bill on VAT taxation of international parcels worth up to 150 euros. At the crucial moment, «something went wrong,» but, nevertheless, the bill itself (or rather, a whole bunch of bills, because the government’s «original» No. 15112 was supplemented by alternative bills from deputies) did not go anywhere. So this decision may well be made during one of the next parliamentary sessions.