A French court's rejection of a social media ban for under-15s leaves open how families and churches might address young people's online habits instead.
France’s Constitutional Council has struck down a law that would have banned social media use for under-15s, ruling it an excessive restriction on civil liberties without sufficient proof of harm. Macron has asked the government to revise the proposal, with hopes of a spring implementation. The ruling matters for churches and youth ministries that had watched the law as a possible model for reducing screen time among young people. It also leaves open questions about how families, rather than the state, might set boundaries on children’s social media use, an area where church youth programmes and parents often intersect.