Tiktok only from 16 Majority think minimum age for social media use makes sense
According to a survey, the majority of Swiss people believe that a legal minimum age of 16 for the use of social media platforms such as Tiktok, Facebook and Instagram makes sense.
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- 78% of Swiss people support a minimum age of 16 for social media, while 17% are against it.
- Over 70 percent of supporters of all major Swiss parties are in favor of the measure, which is also popular across genders, regions and age groups.
78% of respondents said "yes" or "rather yes" to such a minimum age. 17 percent said "no" or "rather no", according to the additional evaluation of the follow-up survey by 20 Minuten and Tamedia on the national referendum on November 24 published on Thursday.
76% of the men and 81% of the women surveyed were in favor of a social media ban for under 16-year-olds. All six major Swiss political parties also showed majorities of over 70% in favor of introducing such a minimum age, which is currently being discussed in Australia and elsewhere.
Broad consensus
There also appears to be a consensus between cities, conurbations and the countryside, as well as between different age groups, as the survey suggests. A legal minimum age in this area is also widely supported across different educational levels.
13,215 people from German-speaking Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino took part in the survey on November 21 of this year. The margin of error for estimates based on the entire sample is 2.2 percentage points.
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