France becomes first European country to ban social media access for under-15s

<p>Parliament votes to stop children using apps such as TikTok in policy championed by Emmanuel Macron</p><p>France’s parliament has approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making it the first European country to bar children from apps such as TikTok.</p><p>The president, Emmanuel Macron, has championed the ban as a key reform of his final term in office and pledged to enforce it by September.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/france-ban-social-media-access-under-15s">Continue reading...</a>