Germany's Social Media Age Debate: 13, 14, or 16?
— Agiliton
— 8 min read
While France has passed a ban for under-15s and Greece has announced the same for 2027, Germany is still arguing about the number on the door. On April 13, 2026, two contributions landed on the same day from very different directions: the Cologne-based Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) released its Bildungsmonitor analysis suggesting 13 as a sensible minimum age, and in the taz, Potsdam education researcher Nina Kolleck argued that any age limit — 13, 14, or 16 — is a capitulation to TikTok and Meta if the laws already on the books go unenforced.
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