Hi everyone,
For your information, Wikimedia France is working on opposing a French
proposed law that would require parental consent for U15s accounts on
"social networks". The text is currently using the definition of the DMA
without the exemptions provided. So, that could catch our projects and
especially Wikipedia.
Wikimedia France has developped a written brief and engaged with
parliamentarians. At the National Assembly, the Commission in charge of
the file has written in its report that the online encyclopedia should
not be concerned by this law. In France, the judge can refer to this
kind of document to make a decision, but it is not at all mandatory for
him. So, it is not a strong enough protection in our opinion.
We will then try, during the second reading in the Assembly, that the
exclusion of Wikipedia will be tabled by an amendment and will be
written concretely into the text. We are currently talking with some
senators to table an amendment to this effect. However, with the
national reform and the massive strikes currently in France, we do not
yet have the date when the text will be debated in the Senate.
Also, we provided some responses to a BFM journalist :
https://twitter.com/NaphsicaP/status/1639258248913223681 . Do not
hesitate to share that we could have even more visibility.
Have a great day,
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