Merz’s CDU Calls for Age Restrictions on Social Media Networks

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union party called for a ban on the use of social media networks such as Instagram and Tiktok for minors in Germany, a move that risks straining relations with the US digital services industry ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump next month.The party adopted a motion urging Merz’s government to introduce a legal minimum age of 14 for social media use at its annual convention on Saturday, along with additional protections for those up to 16. The proposals mirrored those recently put forward by the CDU’s coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party.