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Watch my question on making social media safe for children

Mar 10
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๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ-๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง.


To make matters worse the government whipped its MPs to vote down Lib Dem proposals and other suggested measures which would haveโ€ฆ


  • Capped the price of branded school uniforms. We are deeply concerned the governmentโ€™s 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.


๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ค๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐›๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ฌ.


Parents, children, and campaigners are crying out for more support, but the government appears suspiciously timid to act against the social media giants.


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐›๐ฒ-๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ?


Families need concrete assurances โ€“ the government might point to its recently launched consultation, but will this result in any change?


๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ.



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