00:02French MPs and senators voted on a final compromise text for the bill and banned social media for under 15
00:08-year-olds on Tuesday.
00:11French MP and reporter for the bill Laura Miller said that French policymakers wanted to impose much stricter constraints on
00:17digital platforms because EU law had restricted their room for manoeuvres.
00:34Other EU countries such as Greece, Slovenia and Sweden are also planning to restrict social media to minors.
00:41Spain is considering banning social media for children under 16 and Austria for children under 14.
00:47In parallel, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called earlier this month for phased and gradual
00:54access for different age ranges to digital platforms.
00:58If we start with the youngest, toddlers, no screens at all.
01:03Then children under the age of 13, access to social media only under the supervision of parents, caregivers, teachers and
01:14time limited.
01:15And then from the age of 13 on, and that's very important, there's a gradual access, depending on the proof
01:24given by the platforms, that they are age-appropriate and safe for teenagers.
01:31Ponder Leyen said the European Commission would present a proposal on the matter after summer.
01:35D
01:35Ponder Leyen
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