Macron, Tedros push for mandatory age verification on social media in joint statement French President Macron and WHO Director-General Tedros issued a joint statement on July 1, proposing mandatory age verification requiring government-issued ID for all internet users, framing digital environments as health determinants equal to clean water or safe housing. The statement cited a growing global consensus – noting that Australia, France, Indonesia, Spain, Ireland, the U.K. and Canada have all enacted or proposed age restrictions for children under 16 or 15 on social media platforms. Macron and Tedros argued that digital features like infinite scrolling and autoplay are engineered…

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