The Liberal Democrats are calling for film-style age ratings, allowing young people to enjoy the best of the online world while giving social media companies a clear incentive to remove addictive design features and harmful content from their platforms.
Proposal for age ratings on social media.
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You wouldn’t give an alcoholic a bottle of wine with a screw cap and call it a preventative measure, so why is this Government doing the digital equivalent for young people online?
If a US court can pressure Meta into making significant changes to its platforms, why is our government still relying on optional curfews, strongly worded statements and unworkable bans?
It’s a horrendous issue to work on, to talk about, to investigate, and people have said to me… ‘do you really want to be named for this issue?’
Our message is simple – if your platform is designed to drive addiction, you don’t get access to our children.
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