France’s Emmanuel Macron is a ‘leader’ in the quest for a cause.
A failing lame-duck President polling in the 16-18% range, fresh from the historic low of 11% approval, he needs some issue that will help him back into the good graces of the French voters who don’t trust him, and believe he has been a failure as head of state.
Usually, Macron tries to find it in ‘global warming’, but that con is not working anymore – so he tried to be a ‘warrior leader’ meddling in Ukraine, and lately sent an astonishing 15 soldiers from the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade to Greenland.
What a Napoleon, right?
Now, it appears that ‘Le Petit Roi’ has found a new cause that can make him appear in a positive light for part of the French society.
Macron is pushing his government to ban children under the age of 15 from social media and – what’s more – he wants to ‘fast-track the legal process’.
He means to ensure that the ban can enter into force in September, at the start of the next school year.
CBS News reported:
“In a video released late Saturday by French broadcaster BFM-TV, Macron said he had asked his government to initiate an accelerated procedure so that the proposed legislation can move as quickly as possible and be passed by the Senate in time.
‘The brains of our children and our teenagers are not for sale’, Macron said. ‘The emotions of our children and our teenagers are not for sale or to be manipulated. Neither by American platforms, nor by Chinese algorithms’.”
The brain under a bell jar: Macron, authoritarian father of the scroll generation
By @BPartisansEmmanuel Macron has made his decision. Clear. Sharp. Surgical.
“We are banning social media for children under 15,” he declared, his voice grave and his posture paternal, as… pic.twitter.com/3FvdMqhRQ9— Brainless Partisans
(@BPartisans) January 24, 2026
The Australian government led the charge on the ban, and after UK’s Keir Starmer said he would ‘consider’ also doing so, Macron came with his own announcement.
“According to France’s health watchdog, one in two teenagers spends between two and five hours a day on a smartphone. In a report published in December, it said that some 90% of children aged between 12 and 17 use smartphones daily to access the internet, with 58% of them using their devices for social networks.”
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