{"id":669863,"date":"2026-01-02T22:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669863\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:19:19","slug":"france-moves-to-ban-social-media-for-under-15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669863\/","title":{"rendered":"France Moves To Ban Social Media For Under 15s"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if scrolling came with an age limit?<\/p>\n

France is asking that very question. In a bold new move, the government plans to push through a ban on social media for children under 15. <\/p>\n

The aim is to have it in place by September next year.<\/p>\n

The proposal, laid out in a draft law, has the backing of President Emmanuel Macron,<\/a> who wants lawmakers to start debating it as early as January.<\/p>\n

Why now? Officials say the evidence is stacking up. <\/p>\n

\u201cMany studies and reports now confirm the risks linked to excessive screen use among adolescents,\u201d the draft warns. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

From exposure to inappropriate content to cyberbullying and disrupted sleep, the concerns are no longer hypothetical. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re everyday realities for many families.<\/p>\n

Global Social Media Crackdown<\/p>\n

France isn\u2019t acting in isolation. Australia recently made headlines by becoming the first country to ban social media for under-16s. <\/p>\n

Setting a precedent that Paris appears keen to follow.<\/p>\n

Supporters argue this isn\u2019t about punishing kids, but protecting them. <\/p>\n

\"\"France has had mixed success in restricting screen time for children.<\/p>\n

Critics, meanwhile, question enforcement and worry about pushing teens into digital shadows.<\/p>\n

Still, the message is clear: governments are no longer content to watch from the sidelines as childhood plays out on screens.<\/p>\n

In an era where \u201cjust five more minutes\u201d can turn into hours, France is essentially asking \u2014 shouldn\u2019t childhood come with an off switch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What if scrolling came with an age limit? France is asking that very question. In a bold new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-669863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115827832865827324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}