Germany is eyeing up a social media ban
“Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he has “a lot of sympathy” for a proposal to prohibit access for under-14s.”
Merz said in general that he is “very, very, very cautious when it comes to legal bans on something like this [social media],”
but that the “consequences” of fake news, AI-generated images and platforms like TikTok “make things more challenging.
The chancellor saying that he wants children to be protected
adding that the idea children must be introduced to digital tools early “doesn’t hold water” as otherwise “you would also have to serve alcohol in primary school so they get used to it.”
“Members of Merz’s Christian Democratic Union also expressed their support for a ban.
Thorsten Frei, head of the chancellery and a senior CDU figure, said the issue would be debated at a party conference in Stuttgart happening Friday and Saturday.
“The Greens and the left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance have also voiced support for age limits.”
“The far-right Alternative for Germany stands alone in opposing a ban, arguing the proposal is about control rather than children’s wellbeing.”
Experts are expected to give their recommendations before summer
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-social-media-ban-children/
## oh on the completely separate note
# German Chancellor Merz wants to know the names of social media users
He says that users hide behind their names even though they demand the greatest transparency from others
He says that politicians uses their real names, so why not social media
(Ignore how politicians often hide their war profiting and corruption)
Also, he is a Ex BlackRock chairman, so he basically has much more things to hide than most people
And yet he isnt being transparent about it
https://x.com/marionawfal/status/2024486005491802604?s=46&t=D9wiDvG8fNalx6yOSgnTqw
