Overview

• Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger and Education Minister Karin Prien have publicly endorsed setting a 16-year minimum age for platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
• The newly convened expert commission is charged with specifying the exact age threshold and drafting enforceable verification standards.
• Policymakers are weighing a decentralized digital wallet solution alongside an EU-provided age-verification app currently piloted in Italy, Denmark and France.
• Lawmakers drew on Australia’s ban on under-16s and pressure from EU Digital Ministers under the Digital Services Act to justify the proposal.
• Ministers are pushing to bolster digital and AI literacy in schools to equip young people with skills to navigate online risks.