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.

More on

• committee proceedings 
• taking part in public consultations held by parliamentary committees 
• documents from previous sessions available online