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The countries set to follow France in banning social media for children

22 July 2026
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By The Independent

Originally from The Independent. Read the original article on the publisher’s site.

Children under the age of 15 will no longer be exposed to doomscrolling and algorithmic feeds in France after it became the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on social media .