With growing social media safety concerns, French lawmakers seek to ban social media for anyone under the age of 15 before the start of the school year.

French lawmakers are working to finalize a bill banning social media for children under 15. The aim is to implement it by the new school year in September.

Lawmakers face an Aug. 10 EU deadline as one in two French teens spend up to five hours a day on their phones.

FRANCE-SOCIALMEDIA:French parliament backs social media ban for children under 15