France, Sept. 11 -- Children under 15 in France should be banned entirely from using social media, and those aged between 15 and 18 should face a nighttime "digital curfew", a French parliamentary committee urged on Thursday.

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

Laure Miller, who led the investigation, said the addictive design of TikTok and its 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 MPs ahead of the report's publication. "This is one measure among many, not a panacea."

The committee was set up in March, initially to examine TikTok and its psy...