I understand the impulse, but social media and computer use seems like something parents should be regulating.

I also feel that social media is used as a scapegoat for various different problems young people are experiencing.

He sounds pretty wise but, but that sounds pretty hard to enforce. I imagine a lot of kids get their parents to do stuff for them and thus could pretend to be their parent in simple steps. I know someone here who could could be pretending to be there parent. Kids don’t know restrictions are for their safety, they have undeveloped brains and do whatever they want and think they deserve to do whatever they want.

Any exceptions? Parents for example i know people that had their own kids at when they were 14. if working? i was taking college level courses in 8th grade at age 13. did i deserve social media access?
Also enforcement. Unlikely
What about SW? I dont share pictures or videos. SW is a discussion forum. Is it "social media"?
What about email, is that social media? Aim or facebook messenger?
Cannot watch tv;? That IS social media.
Such a declaration is very broad and largely unenforcable. Provincial rights? It should be up to parents! And 15 is unrealistic. Forcing this underground invites dangerous dealings.
Id say BAD IDEA.

Wise. Social media is not a replacement for real social connections, and adults (who I think know this while stuck on social media) should consider it smart to not have children stuck in a constant loop of needing attention; they already do so often.

That's probably going too far and would certainly be very hard to regulate, but I can understand the problem.

The social[?]-media companies and the money-men who run the major ones, certainly should be made accountable for what happens on them. Remember we are the means to their commercial ends, not customers of their services. Their customers are the advertising-agencies, major retailers and any Tom, Dick or Harry who will buy the information.

When pressed about some wrongful activity, for example posts encouraging unhappy teenagers to kill themselves, as has happened, they try to wrigglel out of, try to whinge that "we have taken the posts down".

Not enough: the operators must DELETE ALL posts from the originator and any copiers, BAN those individuals permanently from any and all further use of the site, BLOCK the sending address, and send their identities to other social-media operators.

If the posts are encouraging outright criminal activity, failure to inform the Police as well should be regarded as assisting the crime; just as it is an offence to harbour a known offender from the Police.

The only way to really enforce that is to require people to upload an ID or bank card to prove who they are.

Of course privacy concerns would follow. Many people concerned about their own privacy would leave the platforms.

I can understand why they would want to do it but overall, yet another govt overreach.

Also this seems likely to isolate those under 15 to the extent it may prevent them reporting abuse they may be experiencing.
It would be best to create a social media plateform only for children. Then penalize adults that attempt to use it. Not the other way around.

Good luck attempting that.

How are you going to enforce it?


Also, shouldn't be prepared children for life? Not hide them from it?

I think you'll have a better chance at banning everyone under 15 from phones that connect to the Internet.

Good job

I don't want my kid to be exposed to unwanted stuff on Internet but can we escape unless we understand the difference.

It's his country, but ultimately up to the voters to decide.

It is a very good idea. I would change it to sixteen.

There is too much porn, pedophilia, “sexting”, and nonsense for children on social media. All children should be supervised by parents when using internet, and not permitted to own smartphones.

All for it

I'm not a kid and I don't live in France.

I think lots of kids will figure out how to beat the age verification

australias doing it now (in process)

they've taken ZERO efforts to ban porn for under 18s
the dark net
kiddy fiddlers.

but when it comes to controlling what young impressionable minds see politically. the government is jumping to action..

they know ppl hate them. don't want what they're selling.

gots to control the information...

He can put it out there but how to control is the next question

We see enough of that around here every day.

They know that we have a filter to block everything from minors under the age of 18, so now, they're all 18-21... though their about me or comments threads usually reveal that they are barely 13.

I can certainly understand why, but whether or not he’ll be able to actually do it is the question.

More importantly, they should ban it for kids over 45

That should be for social media plateforms to ensure compliance with not government regulatory agencies. Funding is tight enough already.

Another western democracy where the government wants to enter our homes and lives. People better start waking up.

lol... a website asking you "are you 18" of course you say yes.. same with 15 or any other age

That he has no understanding of how easy it is to avoid a French system on the internet.

Maybe ban those under 15 from social media use during school hours? That seems far more realistic.

I'd have thought the French president would have been prioritising more urgent matters, tbh.

Good luck enforcing that one.

Sounds like it would be hard to enforce

How would it be enforced?

They can try.

I completely agree. 👍🙂

Impossible to enforce. They'll lie about their age anyway.

I think kids under 15 should be banned..😷

Not impressed.

Eh people should get a permit to use the internet imo 😅

Australia is trying to do the same thing - waste of time

Je pense que c'est une très bonne idée, parce que les jeunes ont beaucoup de problèmes qui viennent de ces réseaux sociaux. Mais je ne vois pas comment on pourrait appliquer une telle loi pratiquement.

I have no idea what’s best for them. Maybe they should keep their innocence longer, but maybe they should evolve quicker. Who knows?