French President Macron Pushes EU-Wide Social Media Ban For Under-15s
Macron wants the revised measure to target harmful platform features and align French rules with EU law.
- On Monday, President Emmanuel Macron announced France submitted a reworked proposal to the European Commission to ban social media for children, following extensive technical revisions to the draft legislation.
- The Constitutional Council struck down the previous legislation in mid-August, ruling that the earlier law constituted an unnecessary infringement on freedom of expression for those affected.
- Notifying the European Commission is a critical procedural step designed to ensure the new legislative draft complies with European Union laws and regulatory standards across the bloc.
- European Commission official Ursula is expected to address a potential bloc-wide social media ban for children during a speech in Brussels this week.
- Macron has prioritized this ban, aiming for implementation before leaving office next year, as a growing number of countries restrict social media access to mitigate developmental harms.
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One month after the Constitutional Council's censorship, the government is reviewing its copy of the ban on social networks for children under 15 years of age. The new system aims to target functions deemed harmful and provides for derogations for certain adolescents.
Emmanuel Macron announced this Monday, September 14, his intention to present to the European Commission a bill to restrict the use of social networks to those under 15. Initially voted in July by the French Parliament, the first version of the text had been censored by the Constitutional Council.
President Macron says new proposal addresses Constitutional Council concerns
FRANCE has sent the European Commission an amended bill to restrict access to social media for those under 15. Macron is calling for this protection to become standard across the European Union.
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