France, May 11 -- Sixteen families - 39 people in total - are involved, including five families whose daughters died by suicide, according to Franceinfo radio.

The others are acting on behalf of 11 children who suffer from anorexia, depression or suicidal thoughts.

The families filing the complaint with the Paris public prosecutor's office are part of the 'Algos Victima' collective, created by lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion, who previously represented seven families in a joint legal complaint against TikTok in France in 2024.

The public prosecutor's opened an investigation into Tiktok's impact on children's mental health in October 2025.

Boutron-Marmion has argued that the platform exploits the vulnerability of minors, and called the si...