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France proposes ban on social media for under-15s

2025-09-11 20:34:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A report by the French Parliament on the social network TikTok recommended on Thursday banning social networks for children under the age of 15 and imposing a "digital curfew" for young people aged 15 to 18, in an attempt to curb the negative impact on their health.

"Such a ban would send a message to both children and parents that social networks are not harmless before the age of 15," Laure Miller, rapporteur for the parliamentary inquiry committee, told AFP.

The commission, set up in March, has interviewed families of victims, social platform managers and influencers to analyze the algorithm of TikTok, an extremely popular app among young people, which is "copied by other social networks," according to Miller.

It was created following legal proceedings against TikTok in France in late 2024, following a lawsuit by seven families who accused the platform of exposing children to content that could encourage them to commit suicide.

"It's difficult for us parents to control this," Geraldine, 52, and one of the plaintiffs who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP.

She lost her 18-year-old daughter Penelope to suicide in February 2024. She later discovered that her daughter had been posting and watching videos on TikTok that encouraged self-harm.

TikTok claims that the safety of young people is the company's top priority.

The report warns that if social networks do not comply with legal obligations within three years, especially those set out in the European Digital Services Regulation (DSA), it could lead to a ban on use by people under 18.

Several EU countries, including France, Spain and Greece, have recently called on Brussels for stricter regulation of online platforms for children, due to concerns over addiction, digital bullying and the spread of hate speech.

TikTok managers, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, emphasized that the artificial intelligence-based monitoring system enabled the removal of 98 percent of content that violates the rules of use in France last year.

However, according to the commission, harmful content continues to circulate, causing, among other things, loss of attention, sleep disorders and problems with self-esteem.

For young people aged 15 to 18, the report proposes a "digital curfew", according to which social networks would be made inaccessible from 10pm to 8am. REL


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