French parliamentary committee agrees on social media ban for under-15s

Paris, France. A reconciliation committee of France’s Parliament agreed on Monday on a bill that would ban access to social media for people under 15 years of age.

President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the measure to take effect by the start of the school year in early September.

Planned implementation

France would follow Australia, which enacted the world’s first ban on social media platforms for users under 16 in December.

The Australian measure covers platforms including Meta Platforms’ Facebook, Snap’s Snapchat, ByteDance’s TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube.