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Macron calls for rewriting France's under-15 social media ban
Macron calls for rewriting France's under-15 social media ban.
France's top court blocks Macron's social media ban for under-15s By FRANCE 24 France's constitutional council struck down a proposed ban on social media for children under 15 on Friday, citing freedom of expression. President Emmanuel Macron tasked Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu with re-working the draft legislation to take the Constitutional Council's concerns into account, the Elysée said in a statement. France's top court on Friday blocked a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression, a setback for President Emmanuel Macron who asked his government to rewrite the legislation. "By prohibiting minors under the age of fifteen from accessing certain online services, the law inherently requires every person, even an adult, to prove their age before accessing them," the Consitutional Council said in its decision. "However, by failing to...
