France pushes new law to ban social media for children under 15

The initiative is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, who said in his end-of-yearaddresson Wednesday that there was a need to protect our children and teenagers from social networks and screens.

Earlier this month, Macron said parliament would begin debating the proposal in January.

Many studies and reports now confirm the various risks caused by excessive use of digital screens by adolescents, the draft l