Parliamentary Health Committee Chair Kostadin Angelov (GERB-UDF) expressed firm support for the proposal to ban children under the age of 15 from using social media. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Angelov warned that social networks “are changing children’s brains every day, creating an addiction comparable to gambling or drugs.”
The proposal was first announced on Monday by Education Minister Krasimir Valchev during a visit to Silistra.
The Parliamentary Health Committee Chair said that for years neurologists have been warning that every notification, like or new comment triggers a dopamine cycle, a brief rush of pleasure that the brain begins to seek repeatedly. “In children, whose neural connections are still developing, this leads to neurological dependency on stimulation, anxiety, attention deficits and disturbed sleep,” Angelov wrote.
He added that psychologists are already speaking of “digital withdrawal”, symptoms similar to those observed in substance addiction.
“This is not freedom; it is mass addiction disguised in digital form. As adults, we have a duty to set boundaries – not to leave children alone against algorithms that turn them into consumers before they have even become individuals. I fully support the idea of introducing an age limit, a ban on social media use up to the age of 15. Not to restrict young people, but to give them back their childhood, time for play, conversation, books and real life,” Angelov wrote. Parliamentary Health Committee Chair Backs Ban on Social Media for Under-15s, Compares It to Drugs, Gambling THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-14 09:36:30 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
