Select Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Media on Young People’s Health and Development

Current areas of competence

On a motion carried by the Assemblée nationale on June 6, 2024, a select committee was established to examine the issues related to the impacts of screens and social media on young people's health and development, in particular:

• young people's screen time;
• screen time control measures, in particular at school and on the Web, including access to digital learning tools;
• access to social media, including video games;
• cyberbullying, including the sharing of sexually explicit material;
• minors having access to online pornography;
• mechanisms used by certain applications to create an addiction;
• ads targeting children on platforms and applications.

• The Committee tabled an interim report on April 22, 2025 (in French only).
• The Committee's report was tabled on May 29, 2025.

For more on

• committee proceedings
• documents from previous sessions available online

A new National Assembly was elected at the general election held on October 5, 2026. The Assembly has been summoned to meet on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 2 p.m. This first sitting will mark the beginning of the 1^st Session of the 44^th Legislature.

The Committee on the National Assembly has a certain number of powers relating to the operation of the other parliamentary committees. For instance, the Committee

• determines the composition of each committee
• sets the date of the first meeting of each committee
• assigns chairships among the parties.

The Standing Orders of the National Assembly state that the Committee on the National Assembly must meet to consider these matters, which must be decided unanimously, not later than the third day on which the Assembly sits following the election of the President at the opening of a Legislature. The Committee must also meet as often as needed during the Legislature.