Macron Asked Von Der Leyen to Prepare a "Pan-European Legislative Act" Prohibiting Access to Social Networks for Children Under the Age of 15

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"Emergency is there", the French President insisted in a letter addressed to the Head of the European Executive, in which he called for "protection of all the children of the Union".

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The French president wants to make protecting minors on social media and regulating screen time one of the key achievements of his second term, which ends in May 2027. "It is essential today to go further and harmonize, through a new European text, the ban on access to social media platforms for children under 15," Macron wrote in a letter dated August 29 and seen by AFP on Monday. "The urgency is there," noted the French president, who in rec…

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The French president wants to turn the protection of minors on social networks and the regulation of time in front of screens into one of the milestones of his second term, which ends in May 2027.

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"Immanuel Macron asked Ursula von der Leyen for a "European text" to ban access to social networks for people under 15 years of age. A new text is in preparation at French level, after the previous one was retold in August by the Constitutional Council. - Social networks: Emmanuel Macron advocates a ban at European level for people under 15 years of age (Policy).

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The President of the Republic wrote in late August to his counterpart of the European Commission to demand an EU-wide law on the subject, it was learned this Monday, 7 September.