France is on course to follow Australia in banning social media to younger teenagers, as debate on a new law opens in the National Assembly.
The law would block access for under 15-year-olds to networks such as Snapchat, Instagram and Tiktok.
President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the ban in place by the start of the school year in September.
The French move is part of a worldwide trend towards restricting social networks for children, triggered by growing evidence of the damage they can cause to mental health.
"We cannot leave the mental and emotional health of our children in the hands of people whose sole purpose is to make money out of them," Macron said last month.
