France don set new law wey go ban pikin wey dey under 15 from using social media. E no be joke o! Dem saga for National Assembly don pass law for social media, join Australia wey don ban under-16s from TikTok last year. Na wah! E be like say dem wan shield our youths from wahala wey social media dey bring.
Parents wey dey try manage their children phone use dey hail the move. President Emmanuel Macron don lead di charge, but dis ban still need Senate approval. E no fit be say dem go just snap finger, e go take real wahala to implement am. Di teens wey go dey affected no too dey feel am o. Some dey yan say dem go just waka round am with VPN or even fake their age.
Make we hear wetin dem dey talk for streets. Esther wey school for Paris talk say di law dey nice but no go last. She dey reason say as dem reach 15, dem go just dive inside social media wahala. “Instead make dem restrict am to under-14,” she yan. While Aya wey be 11-year-old dey gist, she don raise red flag about what in social media dey bring come pikin life. “Sometimes e dey make pikin get bad mind sef,” she yan.
Dem don check how di law fit affect pikin, and na true matter. Some polls wey 79 percent of parents and 67 percent of youths support di ban, but young people dey still plot ways to bypass di new law. Dem say wetin dem go do? Just open new accounts and lie say dem be older than wetin dem be. Na so technology dey improve.
Parents don dey push for more education on social media risks. One mama, Emmanuelle Poudreas, wey lose her pikin to cyberbully, dey call for better awareness and support for our youths so dem fit sabi wetin dey happen online. “This ban no go solve di real problem, we need to prepare them better,” she talk.
Even di parents federation talk say dem no go fit solve problem with just this ban. Emmanuel Garot, di federation president, dey call for better edukashun wey go fit teach children, plus stricter laws for di tech giants dem. “We no go lie, kids wan always find ways to beat di system,” he explain. Na so e be.
So di question wey dey hang for everybody mouth be say, dis ban go really work? We go need wait and see. For now, na so French government dey try manage di matter, but e fit complicate if dem no balance am well. Who knows? Maybe dem go soon need another plan as pikin dem go find multiple ways to still dey connect online.
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