FranceLoi 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)
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Commencement not set.
A social media and minors rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
What this law does
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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.
If you get it wrong
Penalties
Fine of up to 1 percent of worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Arcom
Litigation
- Posture
- Not litigation: the provision has never entered into force for lack of an implementing decree, itself conditioned on a European Commission compatibility response under the EU technical regulation information procedure that was never received.
What it reaches
Age threshold
15
Covered services
Online social network service providers operating in France.
Verification methods
Parental consent
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official law text, Journal officiel via Légifrance
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