Laure Miller, MP for the Marne department with Renaissance, during the parliamentary debate on the legislative procedure to ban access to social media for those under 15, at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris, on January 26, 2026. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP
On Monday, January 26, the Assemblée Nationale approved the bill aimed at banning social media for minors under the age of 15. It also prohibits the use of mobile phones by students within high school premises.
"With this law, we are setting a clear limit in society. We are saying something simple: Social media is not harmless," said MP Laure Miller, Renaissance (Emmanuel Macron's centrist party) and author of the bill. "These social networks promised to connect but they have fragmented. They promised to inform but they have overwhelmed. They promised to entertain but they have trapped users."
The ban on social media for those under 15 was the flagship recommendation of the report by the parliamentary committee on the psychological effects of TikTok on minors, for which Miller served as rapporteur.
"Before the age of 15 is a time for innocence, creativity, learning and self-construction. Our children's brains are not for sale, just as they are not to be controlled," said Minister Delegate for Digital Affairs Anne Le Hénanff, before the bill was debated.
