Overview
- The government draft would prohibit online platforms from providing social‑network services to anyone under 15 starting on 1 September 2026.
- Arcom, the audiovisual and digital regulator, would enforce the restriction under France’s LCEN framework.
- A second article would extend the existing school mobile‑phone ban to high schools, building on rules already in place from primary through middle school.
- Parliament is set to open debate in early January 2026, alongside a National Assembly proposal from Gabriel Attal’s group and a Senate text adopted on 18 December requiring parental consent for 13‑ to 16‑year‑olds.
- The government cites youth exposure to inappropriate content, cyberharassment and disrupted sleep as the public‑health rationale for setting a digital majority at 15.