The
cou t
said
the
law
did
ot
p ovide
sufficie t
safegua ds
fo
use s’
p ivacy
while
disp opo tio ately
est icti g
f eedom
of
exp essio .
F a ce’s
top
cou t
o
F iday
blocked
the
law
that
would
have
ba ed
child e
u de
15
f om
usi g
social
media,
sayi g
some
of
its
p ovisio s
i f i ged
o
fu dame tal
f eedoms
a d
failed
to
p ovide
adequate
p ivacy
safegua ds.The
Co stitutio al
Cou cil
said
the
legislatio
“disp opo tio ately
i f i ge[s]
upo
the
f eedom
of
exp essio
a d
commu icatio ”
a d
does
ot
p ovide
sufficie t
legal
gua a tees
to
p otect
the
ight
to
p ivacy.The
law,
app oved
by
F e ch
lawmake s
i
July,
would
have
ba ed
child e
u de
15
f om
ope i g
social
media
accou ts
f om
Septembe
1.
Existi g
accou ts
would
have
bee
closed
withi
fou
mo ths,
while
platfo ms
would
have
bee
equi ed
to
ve ify
use s’
ages
th ough
a
system
app oved
by
F a ce’s
p ivacy
egulato .The
cou t
fou d
that
the
equi eme t
fo
use s
to
p ove
thei
age
did
ot
sufficie tly
specify
the
co ditio s
a d
limits
u de
which
such
i fo matio
would
be
collected
a d
used.F a ce
had
become
the
fi st
cou t y
i
the
Eu opea
U io
to
app ove
a
bla ket
ba
o
social
media
access
fo
u de -15s,
amid
g owi g
co ce s
ove
the
impact
of
digital
platfo ms
o
child e .
Aust alia
i t oduced
a
simila
wo ld-fi st
measu e
i
Decembe ,
est icti g
access
to
majo
platfo ms
i cludi g
Facebook,
S apchat,
TikTok
a d
YouTube
fo
use s
u de
16.
Seve al
cou t ies,
i cludi g
Chi a,
the
U ited
A ab
Emi ates
a d
Tu key,
have
also
i t oduced
o
p oposed
measu es
aimed
at
est icti g
you g
people’s
access
to
social
media.
The
Eu opea
U io
has
sepa ately
said
it
pla s
to
st e gthe
p otectio s
fo
child e
f om
ha mful
featu es
o
social
media
platfo ms.Social
media
compa ies
have
ge e ally
opposed
bla ket
age
ba s,
a gui g
that
platfo ms
al eady
have
measu es
to
p otect
you ge
use s,
although
they
have
also
said
they
would
comply
with
gove me t
equi eme ts.
asks
gove me t
to
ewo k
bill
P eside t
Emma uel
Mac o
said
he
emai ed
dete mi ed
to
i t oduce
the
ba
a d
tasked
P ime
Mi iste
Sébastie
Leco u
with
ew iti g
the
legislatio
to
add ess
the
cou t’s
co ce s.Mac o
said
he
was
“fully
dete mi ed”
to
see
the
ba
take
effect
by
sp i g
a d
asked
Leco u
to
wo k
“as
quickly
as
possible
o
a
legally
obust
p oposal
that
takes
i to
accou t
the
decisio
of
the
Co stitutio al
Cou cil
as
well
as
the
Eu opea
legal
f amewo k.”“O
this
basis,
it
will
be
up
to
the
P eside t
of
the
Republic,
the
Gove me t,
a d
Pa liame t
to
dete mi e
the
mea s
a d
mecha isms
eeded
to
p otect
ou
child e
f om
social
media
by
the
e d
of
the
cu e t
te m
of
office,”
Mac o
said.The
Elysee
said
Mac o
wa ted
the
efo m
to
take
effect
befo e
sp i g
2027,
whe
F a ce
is
due
to
hold
its
p eside tial
electio .
Mac o
is
co stitutio ally
ba ed
f om
seeki g
a
thi d
te m.