France is pushing for legislation to ban children under 15 from using social media, with the president aiming for it to come into effect in September, along with pushing for new standards across the country.
July 21, 2569 at 06.02:XNUMX a.m., Reuters reported that A joint committee of the French parliament has approved a bill to ban children under 15 from accessing social media. This is considered another important step for the government in protecting youth from the negative impacts of online platforms.
Emmanuel Macron, President of France Please specify that...The goal is for the law to come into effect before the start of the school year in early September. If the law passes the final stage, France will become another country to impose strict measures on children's social media use, following Australia, which enacted a law banning those under 16 from using platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube last December.
Macron is also pushing for similar measures to be extended to the European Union (EU), with support from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, who agrees with restricting children's access to social media in all 27 member states.
The jointly amended bill will be considered by the House of Representatives on Tuesday before being sent to the Senate for further review.
Under the draft law, France's Minister of Digital Affairs will determine the list of social media platforms prohibited for use by children under 15, while platform providers will be required to install an age verification system certified by the French data protection authority.
Furthermore, the draft law also includes a ban on the use of smartphones in secondary schools to help reduce the use of digital devices in educational institutions and promote a more appropriate learning environment.
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