France’s top court has blocked a bill that would have banned social media access for children under 15, according to Bloomberg and Reuters, in a setback for President Emmanuel Macron’s push to tighten youth online-safety rules. Bloomberg reports that the measure had been approved in Parliament last month and was championed by Macron. Techmeme, summarizing Reuters, reports that the court blocked the bill on Friday, citing freedom of expression. The provided reports do not specify the exact legal remedy or the full scope of changes the court required. But they agree on the material point: the under-15 social media ban, as approved, will not proceed in its current form. Reuters, via Techmeme, also reports that Macron asked his government to re-work the bill after the ruling. That keeps the policy fight alive, but shifts it from implementation to redrafting under the court’s constraints. Who benefits: Social media platforms and under-15 users avoid the immediate effect of the ban as approved. Who's exposed: Macron’s government and lawmakers now face the task of revising a high-profile policy that has already cleared Parliament once. Platforms remain exposed to a re-worked version of the bill.