Ban on social networks for beneath 15s accredited by MPs | EUROtoday

On Monday January 26, deputies accredited the primary article of the proposed regulation (PPL) aimed toward banning social networks for minors beneath 15 years outdated. Later within the night, MEPs are because of study Article 6, which prohibits the usage of cell phones by adolescents inside excessive colleges.

“With this law, we will set a clear limit in society. We say one simple thing: social networks are not trivial”declared, within the preamble, Laure Miller, deputy (Together for the Republic) of Marne, on the origin of the mentioned PPL. “These social networks promised to attach, they fragmented. They promised to tell, they saturated. They promised to entertain, they locked up. »

Banning social networks for beneath 15s was the flagship suggestion of the report of the parliamentary fee of inquiry into the psychological results of TikTok on minors, of which she was the rapporteur.

“Before 15, it’s the age of carelessness, creativity, studying and self-construction. Our kids’s brains should not on the market, nor ought to they be dominated.”estimated Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Digital Affairs, before examining the text.

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