French lawmakers are preparing a renewed push to restrict children's online experience, unveiling a proposal that would block anyone under 15 from using social media platforms. The draft legislation sets September 2026 as the target date for
enforcement. President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the plan and urged Parliament to take it up. To apply such a rule, online platforms would need to verify every user's age at sign-up or login. This would go far beyond the current model of
self-declared birthdays and instead rely on official credentials such as national IDs, drivers licenses, or government-backed digital identity wallets. In effect, it would introduce a form of digital ID into everyday internet use. | 
