French President Emmanuel Macron said he plans to ban social media for children younger than 15. Macron said in a post on X that the move was based on a recommendation from the experts on the Screens Commission,

French President Emmanuel Macron has given the European Union a 'few months' to introduce laws banning social media for under 15s otherwise

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou told parliament the incident was not an isolated case. Macron said social media was one of the factors to blame for violence among young people. Writing on social media platform X after the interview,