France's Macron Urges Fast-Track Social Media Ban for Under-15s as Expert Panel Calls for Stricter AI Assistant Rules
French President Emmanuel Macron has directed his government to use an accelerated legislative process to ban social media for children under 15, so the bill can clear Parliament and the Senate by the start of the next school year in September. In a video message, Macron said the brains of France's children and teenagers are not for sale, and that France is banning social media for under-15s and will ban mobile phones in its high schools.
On the same day, November 10, France's Council on AI and Digital Technology (CIANum) submitted a report to Macron concluding that regulation of AI assistants must be strengthened immediately. The authority was tasked on February 20, during the AI summit in New Delhi, by Anne Le Hénanff, French junior minister for AI and digital affairs, to examine how mainstream AI services such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Meta AI exploit users.
Macron also told the French daily Les Echos that artificial intelligence should be banned wherever it poses a risk to the mental health of children. A charter on regulating AI and its impact on children is due to be adopted at the Paris Peace Forum, and a committee of experts is due to present him with recommendations on protection against AI.
(Source: Élysée Palace)
Source: Élysée Palace
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