France aims to ban under-15s from social media from September 2026: Report

France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to ‍prohibit mobile phones in high schools from September 2026, local media reported on Wednesday, moves that underscore ⁠rising public angst over the impact of online harms on minors.

President Emmanuel Macron has often pointed to social media as one of the factors to blame for violence among young people and has signalled he wants ‌France to follow ‌Australia, whose world-first ban for under-16s on social media platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube came…