EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13

Multiple Europe- and security-focused developments: EU leaders debate banning children under 13 from social media; the European Parliament passed “Chat Control 2.0,” allowing major tech firms to scan user messages for CSAM; the U.S. Treasury sanctioned First VPN Service (1VPNS) and its Ukrainian administrator for aiding ransomware groups and separately sanctioned a Belarusian individual for malware/cryptors; Russian-linked actors (FSB Center 16) were blamed for attempted cyber sabotage against Poland’s energy and water infrastructure as the UK and EU announced their first joint cyber sanctions