France’s under-15 social media ban is struck down two weeks before it starts
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France’s high court scrapping the under-15 social media ban days before enforcement shows how volatile platform regulation can be — even after laws pass. If your growth or safety strategy leans on age-based access rules, build for rapid legal reversals and country-by-country divergence, not a stable global policy baseline.
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