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French lawmakers approved on Tuesday a ban on social media access for children under the age of \u200b15, as concerns grow around the world over the impact social media \u200chave on the health and safety of minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
France becomes the first in Europe to follow Australia, where the world’s first ban for under-16s on platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube came into \u200bforce in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“France opens the way by being the first country \u200bin Europe to adopt a digital majority,” Anne Le H\u00e9nanff, junior \u2060minister for AI, told senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both houses of parliament \u2014 the Senate and National Assembly \u2014 \u200badopted the ban on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Emmanuel Macron, who in April urged young people to switch \u200boff their phones and read in order to become better citizens, wants the law in place in time for the start of the next academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the new legislation, children younger \u200bthan 15 would not be allowed to open a social media account from \u200bSeptember 1. Social media platforms would have another four months to close accounts already open. \u200cThe platforms \u2060would also need to use age verification approved by the French privacy regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media platforms generally oppose blanket bans and stress they already have measures to protect younger users, including age restrictions. But they have also pledged to comply where \u200bgovernments enact bans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European \u200bCommission is working \u2060on its own regulations to rein in social media across Europe to protect young people, and it will have a say \u200bon whether France’s bill respects existing European legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We left you \u200bin this \u2060jungle and it robbed you of your attention,” Macron told teenagers at an event in April, speaking of the lack of rules on social media. “We need to slow \u2060down \u200band help you become adults, and above all \u200bcitizens.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“That’s why what we want to do is say that before 15 years old, no more social \u200bmedia,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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