Guardian:
Brianna Ghey’s mother says she believes social media use left her daughter vulnerable, while killers were able to access violent content online
Esther Ghey said technology companies had a “moral responsibility” to restrict access to harmful online content. She supports a total ban on social media access for under-16s – a move currently under debate in certain legislatures, including Florida in the US.
I didn't get a smartphone until 2013, when I was 43, and I remember wondering years before what effect the constant access to social media, via smartphones, were having on kids. 😢
"Ghey is campaigning for the introduction of “children’s phones” with no social media apps, which are linked to their parents’ devices. The parents would be alerted any time the child downloaded anything, or if they searched for alarming content."