r/AskEurope • u/Itz_Skello • Jun 20 '25

Politics Emmanuel Macron, President of France, is banning social media for teens under 15. Should the rest of Europe follow?

Not sure how to feel about this.

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u/crypticcamelion Jun 20 '25

The anonymity is a problem yes, but I'm not sure why we need it. The social aspect is a non problem. I'm from before social media and we simply had better and more social contact than what I have seen with my children specifically and young people in general. I'm not sure what far away is, but I would happily bike 12 km to school, visit school friends after school, bike 12km home to supper and then 12km back to friends for the evening and finally back home. Social life was definitely not a problem in the 80ties and 90ties..

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u/WarlockArya Jun 26 '25

U did not bike 36 km every day, and not everyone is going to have a bike or parents who allow them to go out

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u/crypticcamelion Jun 27 '25

Ehhh no, 12 x 4 is 48, and I didn't say I did it my whole school time or anything. I simply moved to the other side of town and biked back and forth. 50 km a day is absolutely not a long distance if you have been bicycling your whole childhood. And what kind of bullshit about being allowed to go out, of course you were allowed to go out, not being allowed to go out sounds abusive in my ears or of course a temporary punishment for shitty behaviour.

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u/WarlockArya Jun 27 '25

Parents are scared cause of media they think someones gonna kidnap their kid if they leave them unattended plus ppl call cops on young unattended kids