Is Macron's attack on video games targeting the wrong enemy?
- Posted on February 9, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Is Macron's attack on video games targeting the wrong enemy?

NEWS ANALYSIS. President Emmanuel Macron, who believes that violent video games 'condition' young people, has started a commission to 'scientifically measure their effect' on children. Yet hundreds of studies on the topic have established no link between violence and playing video games.