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Serge Duchêne

Macron calls for ban on social media for children under 15 to be in place by September

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he wants to speed up the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can come into force by the start of the new school year in September.

In a video released on Saturday by French broadcaster BFM-TV, Macron said he had asked his government to initiate an accelerated procedure so that the bill could progress as quickly as possible and be adopted by the Senate in time.

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