School harassment: Macron announces new measures "to win this fight"

Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday, November 18, new measures on Thursday, November 18 to combat school harassment, including a strengthening of parental control on the screens used by children and a new application to help the victims to denounce the facts.

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On the occasion of the mobilization day Thursday, the Head of State notes in a video posted on the social networks of the Élysée that, despite the initiatives taken, "harassment always rages in school, on networkssocial, without leaving any time of respite to those who are victims ”."This is why we will continue to mobilize, especially because the harassment students are often isolated and are afraid.We must facilitate them to report what they are victims of, "he added.

Harassment affects nearly one in ten children and can have dramatic consequences, as Dinah's suicide recalled in October, 14 years old.Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte had discussed it with young victims whom they had invited to the Élysée on November 4.

An application and strengthening parental control

In the video, the head of state announces that, "in addition to the number 3018 set up, an app 3018 will be launched in February to allow victims and witnesses to send a screenshot of harassment situations in order tothat these are even better accompanied ”."We are going to strengthen the teenage houses, the reception points listening to young people, the physical places with people who are there to receive the floor and to listen to everywhere on the territory," he adds.

Emmanuel Macron also indicates that, to help children "to better use networks and digital", "we are going to launch an experiment by delivering a certification to digital awareness of 6th grade from the start of the 2022, with theIdea, then, to generalize the next school year ”.

Finally, "because this fight is collective, we will change the law to improve parental control, by ensuring that it is installed by default on all phones, computers, tablets used by children, as I hadannounced two years ago, ”he said.

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"We can win this fight against harassment by taking our responsibilities, being attentive to our children, by relying on the remarkable work that associations do on a daily basis, by relying on the mobilization of national education whichhas changed deep in recent years, and we will still accelerate it, it is possible, ”says the president."It is possible, provided you talk about it always and again.It is possible, provided that you do not give in to the law of silence, indifference or shame.We will not let go, ”he concludes.