{"id":2760,"date":"2025-06-11T17:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:31:41","slug":"macron-urges-social-media-ban-for-under-15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/11\/macron-urges-social-media-ban-for-under-15s","title":{"rendered":"Macron Urges Social Media Ban for Under-15s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"511\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to push for a ban on social media use by children under 15 across the European Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"511\">This call comes after a tragic stabbing incident at a middle school in eastern France that has shocked the nation.<br data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"407\" \/>Macron hopes to see regulatory progress within the coming months, emphasizing the urgency of the matter.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"551\">Social Media and Youth Violence<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"947\">The stabbing involved a 14-year-old student who attacked a 31-year-old school aide during a bag search for weapons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"947\">President Macron linked social media platforms to the rise in violence among young people, urging swift action to protect children.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"947\">He highlighted that platforms have the technological means to verify users&#8217; ages and insisted that they implement these controls immediately.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"988\">Global Moves to Protect Children<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1350\">Macron\u2019s stance follows a global trend of governments tightening social media regulations for minors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1350\">Australia recently introduced a ban on social media use for children under 16, setting one of the toughest standards worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1350\">Despite existing age limits, many children still bypass social media restrictions, raising concerns over their online safety.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1634\">French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou confirmed to parliament that the school attack is part of a wider pattern of violence affecting young people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1634\">If European-level regulations do not materialize soon, Macron indicated France would take independent action to implement the ban.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1769\">This initiative underscores growing international efforts to shield children from harmful online content and reduce youth violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to push for a ban on social media use by children under 15 across the European Union. This call comes after a tragic stabbing incident at a middle school in eastern France that has shocked the nation.Macron hopes to see regulatory progress within the coming months, emphasizing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1275,318,1387],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-regulation","tag-socialmedia","tag-youthsafety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2762,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions\/2762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}