PARIS (Reuters) -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 TikTok’s possible responsibility for “endangering the lives” of its young users.

The committee, launched in March, unveiled its findings and recommendations on Thursday.

“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.

“It seems to me that there are offences 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

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