Social networks: France wants to impose age verification at European level

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The minister in charge of Digital threatens to sanction platforms that do not check the age of users and wants to convince the European Commission to act.

In order to relaunch the debate on the ban on social networks for children under 15, the Minister for Digital Affairs, Clara Chappaz, announced that France would give itself "three months" to "mobilise its European partners" on an "agreement" requiring the platforms to verify the age of their users.

France wants to join a coalition with Spain, Greece and Ireland to force social networks to check age when creating an account, said in an interview the Minister for Digital Affairs, Clara Chappaz, on Sunday 11 May.

In an interview with "La Tribune Sunday", Minister Clara Chappaz threatened to punish social networks that do not check the age of their users.

"My job today is to rally a coalition, with Spain, Greece and now Ireland, to convince the European Commission," said Clara Chappaz, in "The Sunday Tribune".