French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for the regulation of the European Union to ban social media for children under 15 years after a deadly stabbing at a school in Eastern France, the latest violent attacks left the country again.
Macron said in an interview late on Tuesday that he was expected to see the results within the next few months.
“If he doesn’t work, we will start doing it in France. We can’t wait,” he told France 2, a few hours after a deadly stabbing in a middle school in Nogant, Haute-Marne.
Police on Tuesday questioned a 14 -year -old student that a 31 -year -old school associate knife during a bag search for weapons.
Prime Minister Francois Bairo told Parliament that the incident was not a separate case. Macron said that social media was one of the factors convicted for violence among young people.
Writing on social media platform X After the interview, Macron said that such regulation was supported by experts. “The platforms have the ability to verify age. Do this,” he wrote.
Macron’s comments come amid a wave of measures in countries around the world, which aims to curb the use of social media among children.
Australia last year allowed A social media ban for the Under -16 after an emotional public debate, establishing a benchmark for courts around the world with one of the most difficult rules targeting Big Tech.
Although most social media do not allow children under 13 years to use their platforms, a report by Australia’s online security regulator found that such sanctions have been easily bypassed to children.
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