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Australia has gone ahead with a social media ban for under 16-year-olds, and an age restriction is also being debated in Germany. Federal Digital Minister Wildberger could "win a lot."
The Australian social media barrier for children is very popular with the German digital minister. "I consider the question of an age restriction to be more than justified," Karsten Wildberger said to the German press agency on Friday. Studies, descriptions and observations show how profound social media intervened in the development of young people. "Now the question has to be asked: how do we enable them to develop in a healthy way, just as th…
Australia led the way, and since then the topic has been discussed in Germany as well. Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger has expressed openness to the idea of more strictly regulating children's access to social media. Speaking to the German Press Agency (dpa, via ZDF heute), he stated that he... [Link to article: Digital Minister Wildberger: Sympathy for a social media ban for children]
Germany is considering introducing strict restrictions on children's access to social networks. Federal Minister for Digitalization Karsten Wildberger (CDU) has openly spoken out in favor of banning social networks for children, citing the Australian model as inspiration, as we wrote here. According to him, the issue of age restrictions is more than justified, because studies and practical experience show that social networks fundamentally inter…
German Minister mulls social media ban for children
German Minister for Digital Affairs Karsten Wildberger has expressed openness to a social media ban for children like the one in Australia, he told dpa in Berlin. “I can see a lot of merit in that. I consider the question of an age restriction to be more than justified,” he said. “So now the question is: How do we enable them to have a healthy development, like earlier generations had without social media?" Wildberger, former head of the tech bi…
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