Germany Considers Social Media Ban for Under-13s: A Step Towards Digital Safety
- On Wednesday, a German expert panel submitted 56 recommendations to the Family Affairs ministry, proposing a statutory age limit of 13 years for independent social media use.
- Politicians from the Social Democrats support access restrictions, viewing AI-generated content, violence, and pornography as threats alongside potential targeting by radical political forces.
- Beyond the under-13 ban, the commission proposed tiered protection standards for 13-16 and 16-18 age groups, or service-specific restrictions based on individual platform risk assessments.
- German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Karin Prien endorsed the proposal, calling the statutory age limit "the right way forward" for digital safety.
- Germany joins other nations including France, Canada, Australia, Spain, Slovenia, Greece, and Britain in either enacting or pursuing similar social media bans to protect young users.
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Mittelstand CafeRhein-Neckar-Zeitung [Newsroom]Heidelberg (ots) - Schwarz-Rot has a run: Like the last pension commission, the Commission "Children's and Youth Protection in the Digital World" has now put together a whole bunch of useful measures. Because the experts take ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, transmitted by news up-to-date
For months, an expert commission has worked on recommendations for action for the protection of children and young people in the digital world. Now the proposals have been presented.
Germany Considers Social Media Ban for Under-13s: A Step Towards Digital Safety
A German expert panel advises barring under-13s from owning social media accounts, recommending strict child-safety measures and a parental duty to prevent 'digital neglect.' The report includes 56 recommendations aimed at protecting youth online and is welcomed by the government for further debate.
Is the social media ban coming? Will rules be tightened? An expert commission presents its recommendations to Minister Prien. Follow it here in the live stream.
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Today, an expert commission passes its recommendations to the Federal Government on whether and how social networks should be regulated.
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