Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Another interesting aspect, on which I did some work a few months ago, is that it is more positive on Snapchat, Instagram and sometimes Facebook than we may think. Twitter is rarely positive. There was a study carried out of young people in the United Kingdom. To follow on from a point made by Deputy Anne Rabbitte made about mental health, it is not a crime for someone to only post photos in which he or she looks his or her best. There are many people who seem to be living lives like those seen in the movies and children are looking at such posts all the time. There was a study which showed that four out of five of these sites were having a harmful effect of young people's mental health which was leading to feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. Body-shaming issues and worries about body image also arise. It is clearly not a crime, but are there interesting developments in this area? Surely, some of the stakeholders should be encouraged or somehow incentivised to invest a portion of their significant marketing budgets in positive mental health promotion initiatives. Is there any discussion taking place on that issue?