Union Considers Age Limit for Social Media

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According to Group leader Spahn, the Union is now also debating an age limit for the use of social media.

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Instagram and TikTok only for young people aged 16 and over? According to Group leader Spahn, this question is "intensively discussed" in the Union. He sees a need for action. However, not all in the Union are in favour of an age limit.

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According to Group leader Jens Spahn, the Union is discussing an age limit for the use of social media. He compares Tiktok with heroin. And that is even worse than alcohol and nicotine.

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CDU and CSU are debating measures to protect young people in the digital space. If TikTok acts like a drug, "we have to do something," says Jens Spahn.

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CDU and CSU are considering an Instagram and TikTok ban until 16 years of age. "What we are discussing intensively in the Union is the question of additional rules for the protection of minors. One possibility would be an age limit for social media at 16 years of age," said faction leader Jens Spahn in conversation with the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (NOZ). {/mprestriction} "Brain researchers say that Instagram and TikTok address the reward syst…

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"Social media make an invaluable contribution to connecting people, but I would like to address a particular issue, and that is the impact if we allow our children to have unhindered access to social media." That is what EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in your speech on the state of the Union in September, but what do the young Europeans actually say about it? That is what we wanted to know about Euranetplus – and asked for, fo…