{"id":10265,"date":"2020-10-31T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=10265"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:33:20","slug":"use-of-stickers-in-messenger-services-and-their-relevance-to-youth-protection","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/use-of-stickers-in-messenger-services-and-their-relevance-to-youth-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Stickers in Messenger Services and Their Relevance to Youth Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Jugend Medien Schutz-Report (Youth Media Protection Report), <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/kira-thiel\/\">Kira Thiel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/stephan-dreyer\/\">Dr. Stephan Dreyer<\/a> give an overview of sticker use practices by children and young people in messenger services and address the associated risks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomos-elibrary.de\/10.5771\/0170-5067-2020-5-8\/nutzung-von-stickern-in-messenger-diensten-und-ihre-jugendschutzrelevanz-jahrgang-43-2020-heft-5?select-row=abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To the article (fee required)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Happy teacups, cute dogs and dancing monkeys: stickers are very popular among young people using WhatsApp and are often sent around within group chats. In addition to harmless pictures like these, stickers with right-wing extremist and pornographic motifs are also in circulation. This article gives an overview of the background as well as the practices of the use of stickers by children and young people and classifies the handling of stickers relevant to the protection of minors in legal terms.<\/p>\n<p>Thiel, K.; Dreyer, S. (2020): Nutzung von Stickern in Messenger-Diensten und ihre Jugendschutzrelevanz [Use of Stickers in Messenger Services and Their Relevance to Youth Protection]. In: Jugend Medien Schutz-Report, Volume 43 (2020), Issue 5, 8-10. online: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5771\/0170-5067-2020-5-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5771\/0170-5067-2020-5-8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10265","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Use of Stickers in Messenger Services and Their Relevance to Youth Protection - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/use-of-stickers-in-messenger-services-and-their-relevance-to-youth-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Use of Stickers in Messenger Services and Their Relevance to Youth Protection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the Jugend Medien Schutz-Report (Youth Media Protection Report), Kira Thiel and Dr. Stephan Dreyer give an overview of sticker use practices by children and young people in messenger services and address the associated risks. 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