Eurotopics.net

The US state of Florida under the conservative Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has passed a law banning children under 14 from having user accounts on social media. Children under 16 will require parental consent. The move has prompted a discussion about child protection and data security in Europe's press.

With 14 votes in favour and the US abstaining, the UN Security Council has adopted a demand for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip. The resolution calls for both a ceasefire until the end of Ramadan on 9 April and the release of the hostages taken by the radical Islamic Hamas organisation. Europe's press evokes a wide array of potential consequences.

Although Vladimir Putin has blamed Islamist terrorists for the attack in Moscow that left over 130 people dead, with a reference to those "who ordered it" he did not completely retract the version that Ukraine had a hand in the massacre. Seven suspects are now in custody. Four of them have already been brought to court, showing visible signs of torture. Commentators see this as a symptom of the climate in Russian society as a whole.

In the current edition of the World Happiness Report European countries, led by Finland, occupy the top nine places. But even within Europe, certain countries have fallen far behind their neighbours or dropped several places compared to previous rankings. Commentators look at why.