France: Teens and Social Networks, the Risks Identified by the Health Security Agency

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The ban on social networks for children under the age of 15 is the subject of two pieces of legislation, one proposed by Emmanuel Macron and the other by Gabriel Attal's Renaissance group.

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While the French government wants to ban social networks for children under 15 years of age, ANSES, the Agence nationale de sécurité santé, publishes this Tuesday, January 13th, a comprehensive study on the risks faced by adolescents because of their use of these networks. Alteration of sleep, devalorisation of their image, depressive symptoms, harassment online. For five years, child psychologists, biologists, researchers in the social sciences…

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The health of adolescents is altered by social networks. This is the conclusion of a study by l'Anses, the national health and safety agency, conducted for five years and drawing on thousands of scientific expertise.

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After reviewing more than a thousand studies, the experts of Anses warn in an opinion on the "risks" related to the use of social networks by young people. With "attention strategies", these platforms take advantage of the "vulnerabilities" of adolescents to offer them continuous content. Bad self-image, risky practices, "dangerous challenges"... The use of networks represents "a contributing factor of anxiety disorders". - "Very concrete danger…

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Social networks are harmful to the health of adolescents, alerts l'Anses in a report published this Tuesday, the fruit of five years of work of a committee of experts. Health authorities call for a modification of the platforms.

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Increased anxiety and depressive disorders, changes in self-image or adoption of risky behaviours... In an opinion on the "effects of the use of digital social networks on adolescent health", published on Tuesday 13 January, the Health Agency recommends better regulation of these practices.