Macron Urges Faster DSA Enforcement, Prepares New Age-Verification Law

Speaking at Madrid's Complutense University on September 29, Macron called the American view of free speech "the opposite of free speech" and urged the European Commission to apply the DSA "much faster and more forcefully." After France's Constitutional Council struck down an under-15 social media ban, he is drafting a revised law using AI-based age estimation.

• France's Constitutional Council rejected the under-15 social media ban on August 14
• Macron told von der Leyen to use the DSA "much more, much faster, much more forcefully"
• The revised law would use AI age estimation via image or hand recognition
• The DSA does not authorize governments to remove lawful but contested speech