France, Sept. 11 -- Children under 15 in France should be banned from using social media, while those aged 15 to 18 should face a night-time "digital curfew", a French parliamentary committee urged on Thursday.

The recommendations follow a six-month inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors.

Laure Miller, who led the investigation, said the app's addictive design and algorithm "has been copied by other social media".

"Of course, banning children under 15 from social media should not be the tree that hides the forest," Miller told fellow MPs before the report's publication. "This is one measure among many, not a panacea."

The committee was set up in March to examine TikTok's effects on young people after a 2024 lawsuit...