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    „Wir werden nicht länger tatenlos zusehen“: Österreich plant Social-Media-Verbot für unter 14-Jährige


    „Wir werden nicht länger tatenlos zusehen“: Österreich plant Social-Media-Verbot für unter 14-Jährige

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/austria-plans-social-media-ban-for-children-under-age-14

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    1. Boop0p on

      I find this whole banning for kids/teens thing really jarring. They acknowledge that it’s addictive and potentially bad for you as a child and then what…you’re just let loose once you’re an adult? No education on how to use it? Find me another addictive thing that we regulate so children can’t access it and then there’s so little regulation for adults.

      Betting, alcohol, cigarattes get taxed a lot, for starters.

    2. SlightlySublimated on

      I think its fairly obvious that in the next 10-20 years, there will be 0 privacy on the internet. 

      Not like theres much now, but even the pretense will be gone by then. 

    3. From_Graves on

      Ban it completely, as a detriment to society, it serves no real benefit to anyone of any age. It was a social experiment gone bad, and they made billions off our data.

    4. Reeeaper on

      In my opinion everyone should be banned from social media, it has become a plague. The billionaires who run these sites need to be held accountable for the damage they have caused to society and the youth.

    6. eren_yeegarr on

      Well the free and open internet was fun while it lasted.

      It’s being destroyed. It will be controlled by governments and corporations, and people will blindly support losing their rights in the name of child safety.

      Absolute cunts. Anyone who can’t see what this is truly leading to is a fucking imbecile.

    7. inn4tler on

      The problem is real, but instead of bans, it would make more sense to introduce more regulations for tech companies. Children weren’t banned from watching television just because questionable content was broadcast there. That’s comparable in my opinion. You have to regulate industry, not people’s freedom.

    8. Captcha_Imagination on

      It’s both easier and more important to do this now with America’s behaviour. Countries are waking up to the fact that they have allowed their youth to be indoctrinated by American propaganda from a very young age.

      My generation was too but it was through Hollywood movies. It was much more subtle and less powerful. Now you have people like Asmongold turning kids into little fascists before they even hit puberty.

    9. lLikeCats on

      I feel like this is a coordinated global effort to have IDs to use the Internet under the ruse of helping teenagers. 

      As a former teenager, I think we can all attest to the fact that we were troublemakers at that age. No ban stops you from accessing social media apps. They will find a way. 

    10. Unchainedboar on

      Best thing that can happen is a solar flare that destroys the internet.

    11. Equivalent_Track_133 on

      At this point I would rather just not use social media at all. Perhaps that is for the better though

    12. Previous_Soil_5144 on

      Get rid of it all. There is nothing social about social media.

      It’s just tech companies collecting data to sell to marketers so they can better sell you things you don’t need and to political groups who want to manipulate how we vote.

      If we want real social media, it has to be non profit.

    15. judydurn on

      Good luck to the Austrian government trying to enforce this when every twelve year old with a smartphone already knows how to use a VPN. It feels like one of those laws designed to make parents feel better while doing absolutely nothing to change how kids actually use the internet.

    16. michalzxc on

      If anyone should be banned, these are the old people, who never learned how to verify what they read and are falling for all the grifters

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