Ms Alex Cooney:

I echo the points made by the previous speakers. We have raised the issue of encryption with Facebook, for example, which is proposing to use it more widely. There are challenges and risks to child safety regarding encryption. It is very difficult to get clear responses on those specific issues. Our job is to keep raising those issues and keep them in the public eye to ensure that we are all clear on the risks involved there. They could take some simple measures, including, for example, making all our accounts private by default. These are simple measures that could be taken across the board and would be really effective and safeguarding users. So many kids that we talked to simply do not even think about it. It is not a thing they think about when they set up that account. Then they are sharing personal information with potentially a wide audience. These platforms are often designed for us to share personal information. I totally agree with Ms Ward's point about putting more onus back on them. That is what this regulation should do and there is much more beyond that.