# French high schools rush to implement Macron’s phone ban

https://mins.news/en/item/38515

- The Guardian, 2026-08-31 10:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/french-high-schools-phone-ban-macron

> French high schools are scrambling to enforce a mobile-phone ban as Emmanuel Macron seeks to reduce children’s screen time. Unions say schools need lengthy consultations and rule changes, while Macron’s separate plan to bar under-15s from social media is being rewritten after France’s constitutional council rejected its first version.

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