France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s

Re:France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by mattmark on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:13AM (#46776947)

I’d like good social media regulated into existence. Let people take their data, move to a different service, set up redirects, have some meaningful ways to customize or reject algorithms, etc. I don’t think it’s likely to happen but one can hope.

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Re:France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by Nursie on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:55AM (#46777291)

That would be nice. Maybe take it back to a time when it was about forming and maintaining interpersonal connections rather than 'following' influencers and peddling ragebait.

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Re:France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by mattmark on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @03:02AM (#46792373)

Absolutely. What’s weird it seems that current form of social media encourages this behavior - and yet we don’t seem to explore doing the opposite.

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Re:France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by King-Aaron on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @07:30PM (#46789321)

Yeah I like this framing too. Personally I like parts of social media, and there must be ways to achieve a good balance. I just imagine it wouldn't be 'profitable'.

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