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November 4, 2025
The Paris public prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday that it had opened a preliminary investigation into TikTok, following a referral from a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the Chinese app’s psychological effects on young people.
The TikTok logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration. – (Reuters – DADO RUVIC)
In September, MP Arthur Delaporte submitted a report to the public prosecutor’s office under Article 40, highlighting in particular ‘TikTok’s insufficient moderation, its ease of access to minors, and its sophisticated algorithm, which is likely to push vulnerable people towards suicide by very quickly trapping them in a loop of dedicated content.”
The investigation concerns, in particular, the offences of providing an online platform to facilitate illicit transactions carried out by an organised group, and of promoting any product, object or method advocated as a means of taking one’s own life, Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.
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