Social media platforms should no longer be accessible to children and young people under the age of 16, a new petition is requesting. The non-profit organisation NextGen4Impact submitted the petition with 60,000 signatures to the Swiss government on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "We need a clear age limit to protect children from addiction, cyber-bullying and commercial manipulation," says the association in a press release. More and more children of primary-school age are going online every day, it adds: "Cyber-bullying, cyber-grooming and abuse are on the rise, with sometimes fatal consequences for children and young people." Likes and followers on TikTok, Instagram and other platforms should not be allowed to determine self-esteem, the associated says. It is therefore high time that politicians take action and adapt the legal situation to everyday digital life, the campaigners say. A ban alone will not eliminate the dangers, but it will ...
