Watch my question on making social media safe for children
- Mar 10
- 1 min read
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ-๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง.
To make matters worse the government whipped its MPs to vote down Lib Dem proposals and other suggested measures which would haveโฆ
Capped the price of branded school uniforms. We are deeply concerned the governmentโs proposal could see prices rise.
Required the government to review the per-child funding in the adopting and special guardianship support fund. You might remember this vital fund, which offers therapy for adopted children, was cut to the bone by the government last year.
Introduced a ban on smartphones in schools.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ-๐๐๐ฌ.
Parents, children, and campaigners are crying out for more support, but the government appears suspiciously timid to act against the social media giants.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐-๐๐ฒ-๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ?
Families need concrete assurances โ the government might point to its recently launched consultation, but will this result in any change?
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ.
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