France has moved closer to banning social media access for children under 15 after the French National Assembly voted 116–23 in favour of the proposal. The legislation is part of a broader push to ...

France has the right to restrict social media use for children under the age of 15, and online platforms must comply, the European Commission said Tuesday. Spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters ...

France Social Media Ban FILE - A 12-year-old boy plays with his personal phone outside school, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti ...

FILE - A 12-year-old boy plays with his personal phone outside school, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, FIle) (Emilio Morenatti ...

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of the next school year in September, as the ...

Jan. 26 (UPI) --French President Emmanuel Macron wants children under the age of 15 off of social media by the start of the next school year and lawmakers are ready to consider it on Monday.

A teacher collects a student's mobile phone, set aside during classes at the Jean Mermoz vocational high school in Montsoult, in the northern suburbs of Paris, on January 14, 2026. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP ...

Under the proposal, a list of social media networks deemed harmful would be banned for under 15-year-olds France's National Assembly has backed a bill that would ban social media access for under-15s, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at ...

Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş has announced that a legislative proposal including restrictions on social media use for children under the age of 15 will be submitted to ...