As a result of the killing Spree in Graz, the government wants to limit access to social media for children and young people – the “Kroon” reported. They may only be active on the various platforms at 15 or even 16. The Neos now warn that ÖVP and Spö want to abolish anonymity on the internet with this lever over the back door.
The government program of ÖVP-Spö-Neos states that the network is not a legal free space and that there is also a consensus when increasing the age limits. The Pink Club -chairman Yannick Shetty locates a “dangerous wrong path in the network politics” and makes it clear that the anonymity on the net should not be eliminated for the pink by an obligation to make a clear name. “Anonymity on the internet is not up for discussion,” said Shetty.
This is not a danger, but a basic pillar of the liberal network policy. “Everyone who thinks you should present an ID card in the future to open a Facebook account or to register anonymously with a dating platform, does not fully acknowledge what communicative freedom rights are,” says Shetty.
Concern to link the office and private life
Shetty refers to statements by digitization secretary Alexander Pröll (ÖVP), according to which identification on the internet could be identified via the new app from the Republic, the ID Austria. The users could therefore stay on the net with a nickname, their real identity would only be known to the platform operators.
However, the Neos reject the link between offices and private platforms. A European solution in which the operators are taken into account is necessary, both when protection against dangerous content and extremism.
ÖVP locates a “storm in the water glass”
The ÖVP locates a “storm in the water glass”. Pröll only answered a corresponding journalist question that identification with ID Austria would be conceivable. The ÖVP is also for a European solution to general problems with the most important international platforms such as Facebook. These must be held more responsible.
Source: Krone
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