Annie Hoey (Labour)
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I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will quickly go through the questions. What do the witnesses envision as being needed by way of warnings and signposting for children online and for their parents and teachers? Social media platforms are using intervention tools much more. If somebody mentions something about Covid, an intervention happens. What do the witnesses think that social media platforms need to do in that regard, especially for children? Do they think that social media need to adopt child-friendly versions of their platforms with additional protections? I am not clear on the answer myself. We talk about education and teaching children how to navigate platforms but do social media giants need to adopt child-friendly versions of them? What do the witnesses think they would look like?

What resources would the witnesses recommend to legislators such as ourselves to inform us about the safety needs of children online? There are two parts to that question. Do the witnesses have international examples of either a reporting mechanism which has been deployed or what other countries have done, which we are doing our own research on? If there are examples of the reporting mechanisms, we can push for them to go into the Bill. What do we need to delve into further? I know that we have been sent a substantial amount by the witnesses to look at.