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France Sent Brussels a New Proposal to Restrict Social Media for Minors Under 15
Emmanuel Macron announced the submission of a revised text after the Constitutional Council’s rejection. The initiative seeks to align with European law and revive the debate on child protection.
France sent the European Commission a new proposal to ban minors under 15 from accessing social media. Emmanuel Macron announced the decision on X and said it is a revised text, submitted one month after the Constitutional Council ruling.
In August, that body had rejected the version approved by the French Parliament, considering that it amounted to a disproportionate interference with adolescents’ freedom of expression and communication. In his message, Macron said: “We will go all the way”.
According to Euronews en español, the French president has made protecting minors from social media one of the priorities of the final stretch of his second term. According to Macron, the new wording incorporates the Constitutional Council’s observations and complies with the requirements of European law.
A source in the executive branch cited by AFP, as reproduced by Euronews en español, said the proposal lists a dozen features considered harmful and/or addictive for younger users, including autoplay videos, nighttime notifications and communication with unknown accounts.
Macron hopes the initiative can become a reference for the entire European Union. In that context, Ursula von der Leyen will present her own proposals this Friday in her back-to-school address before the European Parliament.
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