What would happen if TikTok was banned for French children? In a tweet published on Friday, March 24, the Secretary of State for Children, Charlotte Caubel, mentioned the government’s willingness to consider blocking access to the platform for minors. This message arises when the Minister of the Civil Service announced the ban on the use of recreational applications and, in particular, of foreign social networks for French civil servants.
This decision follows those taken by the White Housethere European Commission, as well as governments Canadian AND British.
After the harsh hearing of its CEO before the US Congress., it is France’s turn to attack the controversial social network. “Addictive algorithms, incitement to self-harm, overexposure of screens, inappropriate content, risks to personal data, cyberbullying, misinformation… there are many risks for children”, explained the Secretary of State, collecting the arguments of the American senators .
dire effects
It is no longer necessary to demonstrate the impact of all social networks on the mental health of young people. In 2022, the British University of Cambridge pointed out the deleterious consequences of their use in adolescents when they use them at certain key moments in their lives. The study published in the journal Nature He qualified, however, adding that the use of social networks could be a driver of sociability and the construction of social relationships with peers.
More specifically, teen TikTok followers suffer from increased anxiety and depression, according to a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
A bill on the “digital majority” that still has to be examined by the Senate already suggests restricting access to all social networks to young people under the age of 15, conditioning their use from the age of 13 on authorization from the parents. But she did not mention the age of 18 years.
Source: BFM TV
