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France fails to ban kids from social media: Age assurance remains privacy's "hard problem"
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France’s Constitutional Council has struck down the central provision of a new law that would have banned under-15s from accessing social media.
In this episode, Robert Bateman looks at why the Council found the measure disproportionate, focusing on two fundamental rights: freedom of expression and the right to private life.
The decision also highlights a longstanding problem with age assurance: to identify children online, platforms may need to establish the age of everyone else too.
Topics covered include:
France’s proposed under-15 social media ban
The Constitutional…
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