Law note · France
Loi n° 2023-566 du 7 juillet 2023 visant à instaurer une majorité numérique et à lutter contre la haine en ligne (Law No. 2023-566 of 7 July 2023 establishing a digital majority and combating online hate)
Would require online social network service providers operating in France to refuse registration of a minor under 15 unless a holder of parental authority consents, and to deploy a system verifying age and collecting that consent, with a fine of up to 1 percent of worldwide annual turnover for noncompliance.
Article 7 conditions entry into force on a decree in Conseil d'Etat, issued after a CNIL opinion, that cannot come more than three months after the European Commission confirms the scheme is compatible with EU law. As of this survey no such decree has been published, the European Commission never issued a confirming response, and the article has never entered into force.
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