A transpartisan bill to prohibit the sale of smartphones under 15 – Liberation

Politicians continue to invest in the field of teenagers in the face of the omnipotence of screens. Socialist Ayda Hadizadeh and MP Horizons Jérémie Patrier-Leitus will table a transpartisan bill in the coming days to prohibit the sale of phones under 15, according to information Figaroconfirmed by Release.

« Studies after studies, experts alert role of screens and networks on the mental health of young people : rise in violence, harassment, sleep problems … So there is a need for a collective start and radical measures because our young people are in danger « advance with Release Jérémie Patrier-Leitus. The objective is therefore to « Tack the problem at the root », « Create a collective awareness » and « Show that there are no good uses of a phone when you are 10 years old ».

Concretely, this bill intends to rely Apple, Samsung and all other resellers to verify the age of their younger customers for purchase, as currently do supermarkets for alcohol or tobacco for tobacco, under penalty of exposing themselves to financial sanctions.

This bill is part of a context where Emmanuel Macron has promised the ban on social networks to children under the age of 15 by here « A few months », even if many voices rise to question the feasibility of such a measure. In the case of the sale of the telephone, the bypass of the prohibition is also easy. Nothing can prevent parents from breaking the law and offering a mobile to their children under the age of 15. « We will not prevent them, recognizes Jérémie Patrier-Leitusbut if they do, it will be up to them to assume the consequences. ” « In addition, this law must allow parents to set a framework and avoid undergoing the pressure of their children who push to have phones » he continues.

If this text provides for the prohibition of sale to under 15 years, it does not hear « Return to the Stone Age » And prevent them from having laptops. MPs want to push manufacturers to develop « Limited functional phones » Adapted to young people: Put calls, send messages and photos but without access to Internet or social networks.

This transpartisan initiative, witness to a national assembly without a majority which is trying to move forward, will be open to the cosignature of other deputies from next week. Ayda Hadizadeh and Jérémie Patrier-Leitus count on the support of their colleagues and hope to see their proposal registered on the agenda during the next transpartisan week, scheduled for December 2025.