The chairman of a French parliamentary committee investigating TikTok’s psychological effects on minors said on Thursday that he had asked for a criminal probe into the popular video-sharing app’s possible responsibility for “endangering the lives” of its young users.

“The conclusion is clear: TikTok has deliberately endangered the health and lives of its users. That is why I have decided to refer the matter to the Paris public prosecutor,” Socialist lawmaker Arthur Delaporte told broadcaster franceinfo after the committee, launched in March, unveiled its findings and recommendations.

“It seems to me that there are offenses of a criminal nature, of active complicity, and secondly, when TikTok executives came to see us, they told us that they were unaware of anything… and I believe that t

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