“Just the Illusion of Protection” - Five Questions to Friederike Wapler Wapler, Friederike Author aut Bredler, Eva Maria Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-02-20 eng
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 In December 2025, Australia became the first country to introduce a statutory age limit for social media. This week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz indicated that he views similar proposals from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with “considerable sympathy.” Beyond the detailed regulatory questions underlying such a ban – EU competences, app design, enforceability – the debate raises fundamental constitutional issues: How does the German Basic Law allocate responsibility between the state, parents, and children? What is the role of protection, and where does paternalism begin? CC BY-SA 4.0 Wapler, Friederike 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/just-the-illusion-of-protection/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/5a6fa658c0600256 260220 10.59704/5a6fa658c0600256 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)