00:00France is officially at war with social news
00:05media and the battle cries are echoing all over Europe, according to a
00:10French health watchdog. Half of teens spend between two to five hours a day
00:15on their smartphones. President Macron says our children's brains are
00:20not for sale and wants a social media ban for under 15 spice
00:25September, but your reporter went for a dinner with some tech lobbyists and it's clear
00:30now this ban sounds like a nightmare. Let's investigate.
00:35Supporters say it would protect kids from harmful contents over
00:40half of European teens have seen online pornography. The average age
00:45of first exposure just 11 and in the era of Elon Musk
00:50Grok AI, they don't even need to search for it. They can generate
00:55it. So let's cheer for the AI revolution and Australia.
01:00which was first to ban social media for teens claims the ban helps kids focus
01:05like children actually need focus to study. Personally, I think I'll
01:10make the algebra much easier when you are interrupted every 12 seconds.
01:15Finally, the ban would hurt profits of the big American and Chinese apps and
01:20my legal team advised me not to name them so here instead is a video of a
01:25sad puppy. Just look at his sad eyes. Look it
01:30if your child doesn't recognize your face anymore because it isn't vertical don't work
01:35just send him a message with a funny cat video with the social media
01:40ban. You can't. So case closed. And I just hope
01:45my new friends who work as lobbyists liked my explainer
01:49my
01:50job is done here. Now let's go back to doom scrolling.
01:55And I'll see you next time.
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