Overview

• Parliamentary report recommends prohibiting social media for children under 15 and making platforms unavailable to 15–18 year‑olds from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.
• The committee chair, Arthur Delaporte, asked prosecutors to investigate TikTok for endangering users and flagged potential perjury by executives.
• The report labels TikTok a “slow poison” for children and faults its algorithm for feeding addictive and harmful content to minors.
• Lawmakers propose expanding a ban to all under‑18s within three years if platforms fall short of legal duties, citing the EU Digital Services Act.
• TikTok rejects the findings as misleading, pointing to AI moderation and high removal rates, while the inquiry traces back to a 2024 lawsuit by seven families.