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2026-09-17

Berlin (dpa) - German Education Minister Karin Prien has backed plans to restrict social media use among children and teenagers, calling for effective age checks alongside greater media literacy and better information for parents. Technical age verification would be needed to enforce the proposed limits and would be handled through an app, Prien told public broadcaster ZDF on Thursday. She said any system would have to comply with data protection......

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