Murdering children
Sweden considers age limit for TikTok and co.
Due to increasing child criminality, Sweden is now considering an age limit for social media based on the Australian model. This should prevent gangs from hiring children and young people for murders or bomb attacks, said Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer after a meeting with his Scandinavian colleagues.
According to the Swedish police, gangs have been increasingly using Instagram, TikTok & Co. for several years to recruit teenagers for attacks in Scandinavia. Some of them are as young as eleven years old.
Murder suspects are getting younger and younger
Between January and July of this year alone, the number of murder suspects under the age of 15 in Sweden totaled 93, three times as many as in the same period last year. The country now has the highest number of fatal shootings per capita in Europe. In recent months, the Danish police have registered 32 cases in which Swedes were hired to commit violent acts in Denmark.
According to Justice Minister Strömmer, several companies such as Facebook parent company Meta, Alphabet subsidiary Google and Snapchat operator Snap have announced that they will do "everything in their power" to get to grips with the problem: "The situation is very serious. We are not ruling anything out."
If the results are not satisfactory, the legislator will intervene. To this end, it is being examined which restrictions in other countries would be suitable for Sweden. The companies concerned could not initially be reached for comment.
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