PoliticsFrance’s top court rejects social media ban for under-15s

France’s Constitutional Court has rejected a law banning children under 15 from social media, saying it disproportionately restricted freedom of expression and raised privacy issues over age checks. The government plans a revised bill, while Emmanuel Macron pointed to social media’s effects on children’s mental and physical health.

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