Meta: Prien erwartet Konsequenzen aus Meta-Vergleich
Der Milliardenvergleich des Facebook-Konzerns in den USA wird auch die Debatte in Europa beeinflussen, sagt die Familienministerin. Nun sei offiziell festgestellt, dass soziale Medien süchtig machten.
Berlin – In light of the US legal proceedings against Meta, German Family Minister Karin Prien anticipates tangible consequences within the European Union and Germany. The principle decision in the United States has concluded that "children and adolescents are being harmed physically and made addicted by the way platforms conduct their business," Prien told NDR and Deutsche Presse-Agentur in Magdeburg.
"The restrictions agreed there are also of great importance for the issue of regulating the European Union," she added. "We will look very closely at how far we can also incorporate individual regulations from their decision into our proposal here." Meta's parent company, Facebook, had agreed to a total payment of nearly 16.7 billion US dollars in a lawsuit regarding children's social media addiction in the US.
Simultaneously, the company committed to extensive changes aimed at protecting youth and giving parents more control. The European Commission is expected to release a regulatory proposal in September.
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