French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country

French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country

Even as the wider EU was grinding through a long, drawn-out process to figure out which regulatory levers to pull on kids' safety online, France decided to YOLO it earlier this summer by jumping at the chance to ban all social media for kids under 15. This kind of thing has become popular with out…

French Court Blocks Bill Banning Under-15s From Social Media

France’s high court blocked a bill last Friday which would have banned children under 15 years old from accessing social media. The bill, which French legislators passed in a 279-81 vote on July 21, would have required platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat to prevent children under 15 from creating new accounts on September 1. Social media platforms would have had to exclude all users under 15 by January 2027. The country’s Constitutiona…

France Social Media Ban Blocked on Constitutional Grounds as US Lawmakers Tighten Restrictions

France’s social media ban for under-15s has been struck down by the country’s highest constitutional authority, in a ruling that turns on free expression guarantees enshrined in an 18th-century declaration, even as legislators in the United States move rapidly in the opposite direction. What the France Social Media Ban Ruling Actually Struck Down The French Constitutional Council, a nine-member body responsible for assessing whether enacted legi…

France blocks under-15 social media ban over freedom of expression fears

The Constitutional Council ruled the proposed bill unconstitutional, pausing the government’s plans to look into VPN usage next Source: France blocks under-15 social media ban over freedom of expression fears