Radical measures! Germany is preparing to ban social networks for children under the age of 13

She announced that, if a “quick and sufficient” solution is not reached at the EU level, she will initiate a legislative process at the national level.

Prien presented the proposals of the government committee, which provide for a complete ban on the use of social networks for children under the age of 13 and limited use for young people between the ages of 13 and 18.

The government commission also proposes banning private cell phones in schools up to the seventh grade.

The expert committee believes that platforms would be responsible for the implementation of bans.

“We want to achieve a state in which it will not be necessary for the child to adapt to the Internet, but the Internet for the child,” said Olaf Koeller, president of the expert government commission.

The list of proposed measures entitled “Protection of children and young people in the digital world” aims to protect children and young people from addiction to social networks, but also from pornographic and violent content.