French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants his government to speed up the legal process to impose a social media ban on children under 15 before the start of the next school year in September.
“The brains of our children and adolescents are not for sale,” Macron said in a video posted by French channel CNN BFMTV. “Their emotions are not for sale and cannot be manipulated, whether by American platforms or Chinese algorithms.” “We are banning social networks for children under 15 years old and we will ban mobile phones in our high schools. I believe that this is a clear regulation – easy to understand for our teenagers, families, teachers,” the head of the Fifth Republic emphasized.
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