Tag: youth
Chancellor Merz for tougher regulation of youth social media access to protect child development
(de-news.net) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has called for stricter regulatory measures governing minors’ access to social media platforms, framing the issue primarily as a…
Debate over youth and social media as German leaders stress regulation and literacy
(de-news.net) – Philipp Amthor (CDU), lawmaker and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs, has expressed reservations about introducing a comprehensive ban…
Regulation over prohibition: German parties weigh competing models for youth protection online
(de-news.net) – The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) continues to examine the possibility of introducing a statutory minimum age for access to open social media platforms…
Women’s Union pushes to classify child influencer content as child labor under youth protection law
(de-news.net) – The CDU’s Women’s Union has called for more stringent regulation of so-called “child influencers,” maintaining that children’s appearances on social media platforms should…
German study warns of youth radicalization in fluid online extremist networks with an accelerating adolescent drift
(de-news.net) – Though historically rooted in both domestic and international networks, extremist and terrorist threats have, according to German security agencies, undergone substantial and multidimensional…
Voigt (CDU) calls for smartphone ban for children under 14 and for youth protections
(de-news.net) – Mario Voigt (CDU), Minister-President of Thuringia, has called for a nationwide ban on smartphones for children under the age of 14, presenting it…
Children’s Fund calls for stronger support of youth participation in democracy
(de-news.net) – The German Children’s Fund has made an appeal, on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, urging that stronger and more comprehensive support…
Pension reform sparks youth and business opposition, appeals to hold tight voiced by SPD
(de-news.net) – Following sharp criticism from the Junge Union, the debate over Germany’s proposed pension reform has intensified considerably. SPD social policy specialist Annika Klose…
