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France to ban social media for under-15s? Macron aims for Australia-like law by September

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he wants a proposed social media ban on the country's under-15 population to be implemented by September, at the start of the next school year, and has asked his government to “accelerate” the legislative process in this regard.

"I have asked the government to activate the accelerated procedure so it can go as quickly as possible. I want it to be applied from the start of the next school year, in September," AFP quoted Macron as saying.

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