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    France strikes down social media ban for under-15s, citing privacy risks for all users

    • 17.08.2026
    • By Aakriti Bhansal
    Medianama

    France’s Constitutional Council struck down the country’s ban on social media for under-15s, ruling on 14 August that its age-verification mechanism would force every user, including adults, to prove their age, breaching the right to privacy.

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