Social networks in France: TikTok or Snapchat must now verify the age of their users

The Parisian Assembly voted to make it mandatory for social networks such as TikTok or Snapchat to verify the age of their users and the parents' agreement for registering children under 15. In the event of breaches, these children will have sanctions. According to the text, social networks must “put in place a technical solution for verifying the age of end users and the consent of persons with parental authority” for persons under 15 years of age, a “solution” which must be certified by the authorities.

Pension reform: the government reaches out to the Republicans and the left denounces the “United Right” reform

Debates on the highly controversial pension reform started in the Senate in a much more serene atmosphere than in the National Assembly. Indeed, the government is reaching out to the Republicans while the left denounced the “united right” reform. The executive is counting on the Senate, deprived of a vote of deputies, to give democratic legitimacy to a highly contested reform.

African tour: Emmanuel Macron in three countries

Emmanuel Macron is ramping up his African tour to show the new face of French diplomacy on the continent this Friday. Coming from Gabon, where he had just attended a summit on the preservation of tropical forests, the French president arrived in Angola late Thursday evening. He will meet his Angolan counterparts Joao Lourenço in Luanda and then Denis Sassou Nguesso from Congo in Brazzaville today before returning to Kinshasa in the evening, the final stop of his tour.

Protection of the high seas: last day of negotiations by UN member states

This Friday, UN member states will try to overcome their differences to reach an agreement on the treaty. This is in order to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half of the planet. Negotiators are coming to the end of two more weeks of talks in New York, the third “last” session in less than a year, after more than 15 years of informal and then formal discussions. The day before this conclusion was reached, several disputes were still on the table.

IN SHORT

Last night, the National Assembly voted unanimously in favor of extending the minimum leave for the death of a child from 5 to 12 days in the Labor Code.

Opposition leader Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years in prison in a treason case that rights groups say is politically motivated by a Cambodian court sentenced on Friday.

To help businesses cope with soaring production costs and funding to accelerate their modernization, the government will present a plan to support the food industry, with emergency measures, on Friday.

Nantes will host Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France semi-finals and Annecy, the Ligue 2 club that won OM on Wednesday, will face Toulouse.