{"id":61942,"date":"2025-11-14T19:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:00:51","slug":"macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users","title":{"rendered":"Macron Pushes EU Social Media Ban for Younger Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday reaffirmed that they are working at a European level to ban social media for users under a certain age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe we need to move toward banning social media up to a certain age,&#8221; Macron told readers of the daily La Depeche du Midi during a debate on social media as part of his Toulouse visit.<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating the need for protection, he said the debate continues over whether the age limit should be set at 14, 15, or 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll need to settle it. And we are currently building a coalition in Europe to achieve this,&#8221; Macron added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his presence on US social media company X, and more generally on social media in the era of online misinformation, Macron said he \u201cdoes not rule out leaving social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has to be a comprehensive process; it\u2019s not something I will do tomorrow morning. I\u2019m not going to make an announcement today, but it\u2019s something I am thinking about,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>France has already adopted a law in 2023 requiring parental consent for individuals under 15 to access social media, but it has yet to be enforced amid doubts over its compliance with European law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday reaffirmed that they are working at a European level to ban social media for users under a certain age. &#8220;I believe we need to move toward banning social media up to a certain age,&#8221; Macron told readers of the daily La Depeche du Midi during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[3309,1651,632,241,2790],"class_list":["post-61942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-ban","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-mauritius","tag-social-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Macron Pushes EU Social Media Ban for Younger Users - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday reaffirmed that they are working at a European level to ban social media f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Macron Pushes EU Social Media Ban for Younger Users\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday reaffirmed that they are working at a European level to ban social media f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-14T19:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-14T20:00:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/sm_1763137671.216745.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Macron Pushes EU Social Media Ban for Younger Users\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-14T19:09:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-14T20:00:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/11\/sm_1763137671.216745.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ban\",\"Europe\",\"France\",\"Mauritius\",\"social media\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/macron-pushes-eu-social-media-ban-for-younger-users\",\"name\":\"Macron Pushes EU Social Media Ban for Younger Users - 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