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Austria is planning to follow Australia's example by banning social media for those under 14, Austrian media reported. Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler, responsible for media, announced that a draft law would be prepared by the summer. In Vienna, they want to transfer responsibility to platform operators, following the Australian model, but the coalition is not yet united on this issue.
The Austrian Vice-Chancellor wants to follow Australia and submit a legislative proposal for a social media ban for minors by the summer. Data protection expert Thomas Lohninger has placed a possible ban.
VIENNA, LINZ. Young people under 14 years of age should no longer have access to TikTok and Co.
A mandatory age control on the Internet would create the technical basis for state control on the Internet. This criticises a fundamental rights NGO. Because not only young people, but all users would then have to identify themselves digitally.
A social media ban for those under 14 in Austria could affect all domestic users of various internet platforms. The fundamental rights NGO epicenter.works warns that the introduction of age verification systems poses enormous risks to privacy and freedom of expression. "Not only young people, but all users would then have to digitally identify themselves," Managing Director Thomas Lohninger told the APA.
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