Ex-PM Attal Urges Macron to Put Under-15 Social Media Ban to Referendum
Gabriel Attal says a referendum could speed up the measure as he cites 1.5 million children spending 1 hour and 47 minutes a day on social media.
- Gabriel Attal called on President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday to hold a national referendum on banning social media for children under 15, after the Constitutional Council struck down the legislation on Friday.
- The Constitutional Council rejected the bill Friday, ruling that restrictions on under-15s were not "appropriate, necessary or proportionate" to freedom of expression and communication.
- Writing in La Tribune on Sunday, Attal argued a referendum would avoid a two-year legislative delay, which would otherwise leave around 1.5 million children spending one hour and 47 minutes daily exposed to algorithms.
- Macron asked Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Friday to prepare a new version of the legislation that would be "legally sound," while Attal continues advocating for a direct public vote.
- France's last national referendum occurred in 2005; Attal contends that invoking the French Constitution to consult voters is appropriate after 21 years of silence on major policy decisions.
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The Sages censored, in mid-August, the law prohibiting the access of young people to social networks, in the name of "freedom of expression and communication". Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal wants the French to be able to vote on the subject.
For censoring the article of law to ban social networks for children under the age of 15 on Friday, August 14, the institution is being attacked by the right and the macronya. Renaissance party candidate Gabriel Attal in 2027 proposes to circumvent the decision of the judges by a referendum.
French Constitutional Council ruling puts freedom of expression and privacy above 15-year age limit on social media
Attal calls for referendum after French court strikes down under-15 social media ban
The Constitutional Council found that Article 1 of the law, adopted by parliament on July 21, constituted “an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate” to the freedom of expression and communication of under-15s.
After the Constitutional Council censored the ban on social networks for children under 15, Gabriel Attal suggested that the system should be put to the vote by the French.
Ex-PM Attal urges Macron to put under-15 social media ban to referendum
Gabriel Attal has called on President Emmanuel Macron to put a proposed ban on social media for children under 15 directly to French voters, after the Constitutional Council struck down legislation approved by parliament.
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