Teens and tweens were split Tuesday over a looming ban on social media for under-15s in France, with some admitting the risks of overuse -- while others laughed off the measure and vowed to dodge it.
France's National Assembly passed a bill in a marathon overnight session that would impose a minimum age for using social media, becoming the first country in Europe to follow  Australia, which banned under-16s from TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and other sites last year.
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