Avi K: no, the point was that peyos are not being cut nowadays, the methods are different but the end result is the same. Sorry if I wasn’t concise.
I’ll try to find the original article, it was a Yiddish article in Di Tzeitung and not online (the headline page is online, Di Yidishe Tzeit section – 2909b online, Nov. 29 ’15, Parshas VaYeitza.). From memory: they are encouraged to settle in irreligious neighborhoods. Children who went to religious schools in France go to so-called community schools in Israel. They are led to believe that since they are in a “Jewish” country they no longer need to actually practice Judaism.