US EditionRadical Change in French Digital Policy. Macron Prepares the Ban on Social Networks for Children Under 15 or 16 Years of Age.
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Emmanuel Macron made a stop in Brittany this Wednesday. Engaged in a tour of France on the regulation of social networks, the head of state insisted in front of nearly 220 readers and journalists from West France on his desire to "impose on all social networks the verification of the age" of users.Underlining the "scientific consensus" regarding the damage of social networks on the school results and on the mental health of adolescents, he compa…
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Wednesday that he wanted "to impose on all social networks the verification of age" of their users and to ban those under "15 or 16 years" by means of a bill which had been deposited in Parliament at the beginning of 2026, Le Figaro transmitted it.
Gabriel Attal announced that a bill banning social networks before 15 years would be debated in the National Assembly on 19 January.
The President of the Republic has come back to his goal of banning social networks for minors, and he has suggested ways to make some of them jump.
Emmanuel Macron in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, on December 10, 2025. YOAN VALAT/AFP In a debate in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Wednesday, December 10, that he wanted to "impose on all social networks the verification of the age" of users and prohibit them below the age of "15 or 16 years", as part of a bill tabled at the beginning of 2026. A will already expressed before the legislative elections, in mid-June 2024.…
Since December 10, young Australians under the age of 16 are no longer able to access the main social platforms. A world first that could inspire several European countries, including France, Norway and Denmark, already launched in a technological project.
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