A reconciliation committee of France's Parliament agreed on a bill on Monday ​to ban access to social media for ‌those under 15 years of age.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the ban to ​be in force by the start of ​the school year in early September.

France ⁠would follow Australia, which enacted the ​world's first ban for under-16s on platforms including ​Meta Platforms' Facebook, Snap's Snapchat, ByteDance's TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube in December.

• Macron has drummed up support for ​the ban in the European Union and ​elsewhere. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has recently ‌supported limiting children's access to social media in the 27-country bloc.
• The reconciled text will be discussed on Tuesday in the Lower House ​and later in ​the Senate.
• The ⁠Information Technology minister will establish a list of the social networks ​banned for children and teenagers younger ​than 15 years old.
• Social media platforms will have to set up age-verification systems approved by the French privacy regulator.
• The ​bill would also ban the use of smartphones in high ​schools.