G7 pressures big techs to create tools to protect minors on the internet

Family photo from the G7 summit in Evián, France, with US resident Donald Trump; President of France, Emmanuel Macron; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney; Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni; Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi; President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; President of the European Council, Antonio Costa; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz; President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung; Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi; President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Kenyan President William Ruto; and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, on June 16, 2026.
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The powers of the G7, a group with the seven largest economies in the world, called on technology companies this Wednesday (17) to develop tools that guarantee the safety of children on the internet, amid concerns about the impacts of the advancement of artificial intelligence.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) participates of the G7 as a guest and traveled accompanied by the first lady, Rosângela "Janja" da Silva.
The call was made at the end of a three-day G7 summit in Evian, in eastern France, which concluded with a working lunch with executives from artificial intelligence companies from North America, Europe, India and Japan.
"We call on digital service providers to develop and implement technologies and systems that ensure safe, secure and age-appropriate experiences," says a statement joint meeting of the G7 and Brazil, South Korea, Egypt, India and Kenya.
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The United States is aligned with its G7 partners - Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom - in defending the protection of minors on social networks.
British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced on Monday that minors under 16 could be banned from using social networks in the United Kingdom, while France is evaluating a similar measure.
"I think it's right, because networks are dangerous when you are very young," said a student at the Evian high school, during a parallel meeting organized for the wives and husbands of G7 leaders.
The first lady "Janja" even defended the creation of a "global pact" on the topic.
In the shadow of Anthropic
The group's countries, however, differ on taxation and regulation of the digital sector. The presence of Anthropic, whose director, Dario Amodei, participated in the lunch, also marked the summit.
The American artificial intelligence company suspended access to the most advanced version of its technology following an order from the United States government, which cited a risk to national security.
"The United States and the EU must be solid partners in matters of AI", declared the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who asked that citizens and companies "can use the best models" of AI in complete safety. artificial intelligence.
Other topics at the meeting
The leaders present also discussed other topics of global interest during the three-day meeting.
The day before, for example, President Lula stated that "energy and digital transitions cannot reproduce historical patterns that concentrate economic benefits in a few actors."
In other statements, the G7 committed to "significantly" reducing dependence on China as a supplier of critical minerals and to launching by November a "port network" to combat drug trafficking and reinforce cooperation between its main ports.
In addition, the countries also celebrated the agreement between the US and Iran to end the war in the Middle East as a "historic opportunity" and agreed to increase pressure on Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The pact, reached "under the firm leadership of President [Donald] Trump", "offers a historic opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring any nuclear weapons and confront threats related to its regional and ballistic activities", they stated.
Trump, who has always refused to point to blame in this conflict, has adopted a more hostile stance toward Moscow, saying Russia should "reach an agreement" with Kiev and hinting that he could reimpose sanctions on Russian oil and gas.

Source: G1