No Social Media Without Papers?
On July 21, France became the first European Union country to pass a blanket social media ban for children under 15. The legislation is one of the last major measures of French President Emmanuel Macron’s term before he leaves office next year. If the bill is determined to comply with the French Constitution, then the law will come into effect at the start of the new school year in September.
- ▪On July 21, France became the first European Union country to pass a blanket social media ban for children under 15.
- ▪The legislation is one of the last major measures of French President Emmanuel Macron’s term before he leaves office next year.
- ▪If the bill is determined to comply with the French Constitution, then the law will come into effect at the start of the new school year in September.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Burnham and the problem of politics by social media — Financial Times — World
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| Original publisher | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics |
| Canonical URL | https://spectator.org/no-social-media-without-papers/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:10:22 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-27T14:16:22.265Z |
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On July 21, France became the first European Union country to pass a blanket social media ban for children under 15. The legislation is one of the last major measures of French President Emmanuel Macron’s term before he leaves office next year. If the bill is determined to comply with the French Constitution, then the law will come into effect at the start of the new school year in September. New under-15 accounts will be prohibited, and platforms will have four months to close existing underage accounts.Britain announced a similar measure in June to ban social media for all under-16s, although the restrictions are not expected to take effect until spring 2027 in order to review and debate the methods of restriction.
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