EU debate takes shape as Macron backs under-15 social media ban
- French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)France is preparing a second attempt at restricting social media for children under 15 while President Emmanuel Macron presses Brussels to turn the same age limit into a common European rule.
- He made the EU push in an August 29 letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for a new "European legislative text" to "protect all children in the Union".
- The request came after France's Constitutional Council stopped the country's planned restrictions before they could take effect on September 1.
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- French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)France is preparing a second attempt at restricting social media for children under 15 while President Emmanuel Macron presses Brussels to turn the same age limit into a common European rule.
- He made the EU push in an August 29 letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for a new "European legislative text" to "protect all children in the Union".
- The request came after France's Constitutional Council stopped the country's planned restrictions before they could take effect on September 1.
Sources: Times of India