It could be that TV channels and streaming services will soon be able to set their own age ratings. A good idea? Lina Winkler runs a cinema and thinks: no. A conversation about films and youth protection.
Since 1949, the voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (FSK) has been classifying the age rating of films. Your judgment is binding for public screenings. So far, this has also applied to the evaluation of contributions for television, radio and online. But now the state treaty on youth media protection is to be revised: TV channels and streaming services such as Netflix could then determine the age rating themselves. The SZ spoke with Lina Winkler, the head of the Dießener “Kinowelt”, about the planned amendment to the law and her experiences with the specifications for the protection of minors.