In a moment that may mark a turning point in how democratic societies negotiate the boundary between technological freedom and the protection of the young, France's Parliament voted to ban social media for children under 15, becoming the first European Union nation to do so. The law, a signature effort of President Macron's second term, was born not from abstraction but from grief — families who watched their children disappear into screens and emerge diminished, or not at all. As Australia, Spain, Denmark, and others move in the same direction, France's vote signals that the long era of digit
France becomes first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15
Multiple French families report teen suicides linked to harmful social media content; documented cases include self-harm, anorexia, and depression among minors.