France said to ban social media for children under 15

 France will try again to shield kids from excessive screen time by banning children under 15 from using social media by September of next year, AFP reported on Wednesday, citing a draft law.

"Many studies and reports now confirm the various risks caused by excessive use of digital screens by adolescents," the draft reads. One of the two articles comprised in the regulation would make illegal "the provision by an online platform of an online social media service to a minor under 15." The second proposes that cell phone use in secondary schools be prohibited.

The initiative is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, who said earlier this month that parliament should begin discussing it in January. In a first for the world, Australia banned under-16s from using social media this month.

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