Survey: 88.2% of Respondents Support Restrictions on Children's Social Media Use

BAKU — A newly published survey has found that 88.2% of respondents support restrictions on how children use social media, offering the first real public-opinion snapshot since Azerbaijan introduced its own rules on children's social-media registration earlier this month, backed by fines of up to 50,000 manat for violators.

The high approval figure suggests the policy lands on largely receptive public ground, though it's worth reading the number carefully: strong majority support for restricting children's social media use in principle doesn't necessarily translate into consensus on how the rules should actually be enforced day to day — a distinction that will matter more once specific platform-verification mechanisms and the promised list of age-restricted platforms are finalized. Azerbaijan's move fits a wave of similar action worldwide this year, from Meta's $942 million child-safety penalty in the US to the UN's own recent call for stronger global protections for children online.