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French Senate Backs Plan to Restrict Social Media for Children
The plan would let some platforms remain available with parental consent and exclude educational sites, while lawmakers seek a compromise with the National Assembly.
- On Tuesday, the French Senate approved a plan to restrict social media access for children under 15, diverging from the National Assembly's earlier proposal passed in January.
- Lawmakers must now reconcile the Senate's two-tier approach with the National Assembly's stricter version, a process that will likely delay final legislation from being applied.
- The Senate's bill categorizes platforms based on whether they pose risks to a child's "physical, mental or moral development," with flagged platforms facing restrictions while others require parental consent.
- France's 2023 attempt to restrict access failed after clashing with the European Union's Digital Services Act, though revised European guidelines now grant member states increased flexibility to set their own age limits.
- President Macron has criticized how children's emotions are "for sale or manipulated by American platforms and Chinese algorithms," while Australia became the first nation to ban social media for those under 16.
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Step by step, France is approaching a close on the use of social media by minors. Tuesday evening, March 31, 2026 the Senate approved a proposal to...
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