France becomes first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15

Children under 15 in France will lose access to social media platforms, affecting their digital participation and social connectivity.

In a landmark act of digital governance, France has become the first European Union nation to legally bar children under 15 from accessing social media platforms — a decision that places the protection of childhood at the center of a deepening global reckoning with technology's reach into young lives. French lawmakers, joining a movement already stirring in Australia and beyond, have chosen to draw a legal boundary where cultural norms and platform self-regulation have so far failed to hold. The move is less an ending than a beginning: a signal that governments are prepared to reshape the arch

France becomes first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15

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