US EditionFrance's proposed social media ban for under-15s to be accelerated
President Macron aims to enact a law banning social media use for under-15s and mobile phones in schools by September to protect children from addictive platforms, citing Australia’s precedent.
- On Saturday, January 24, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to speed up the social media ban process for under-15s and asked the government to activate the accelerated procedure.
- French lawmakers have debated a bill to ban under-15s from social media, following Australia which last month banned children under 16 from platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, with the draft due Monday.
- Macron said he backed a ban on pupils having mobile phones in schools alongside a ban on social media access for under-15s, warning that children's brains are not for manipulation.
- Macron set a September target, saying he wanted the ban applied from the start of the next school year in September as the enactment target.
- The draft legislation to be submitted on Monday begins an accelerated process that, if approved by French Parliament, would restrict under-15s' access to popular platforms and tighten school phone rules.
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Macron pushes law to bar under-15s in France from social networks ‘as early as next fall’
ISTANBUL, Jan 25 — French President Emmanuel Macron has asked the government to trigger an accelerated legislative procedure for a bill that would ban access to social media platforms for children under the age of 15, aiming for the law to take effect “as early as next fall”, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing local media.According to a video document obtained by broadcaster BFMTV on Saturday, Macron thanked ruling party lawmaker Laure Miller,…
For several months now, inspired by Australia’s decision, France has been seeking to move forward on stricter regulation of the use of social media by adolescents. That momentum gained strength in the last few hours from a video broadcast on social networks, in which the French president, Emmanuel Macron, explained that he asked his government to speed up the treatment of the law with the aim of bringing it into force from the next start of the …
French President Emmanuel Macron promised to speed up the legislative process in order to prevent children under 15 years of age from accessing social networks, with the aim of entering into force in September, according to...
French President Emmanuel Macron promised today that the government will launch an "accelerated procedure" to ensure that parliament quickly adopts a law banning social networks for under-15s and that it can enter into force next school year.
Emmanuel Macron promised that the government would initiate the "accelerated procedure" so that the text on the ban on social networks for children under the age of 15 could enter into force next year.
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