Ciarán Cudahy
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everybody in the world is educated about cigarettes, but because they're addictive, we still don't sell them to kids under the age of 18.
And we had that court case the month before last in the US that said, no, Meta's platforms are addictive and not accidentally addictive.
You know, is there not, despite all of those educational tools, is there not an element of madness in allowing children to use something that is designed to addict them to it?
Rachel Harper is on the line as well as a principal in St Patrick's School in Greystones Rachel do you think the minister is right the government are right to want to ban outright social media access for kids under 16?
But I guess, sorry Richard, but I guess it looks like the government think that you don't go far enough because you're starting secondary school at age 13 and what the government are talking about are saying, no, we're not going to let them onto these platforms until they're 16.
Matthew's on the line as well, 087-484-8888 for anybody else who wants to join in.
But even the way you describe it there, I mean, we're talking about a space whereby people's identities are sold to predators so they can prey on them.
So things like... That makes everyone a potential bot, doesn't it?
You know, like... Everyone becomes an anonymous troll overnight then in that world.
But in the background, if there's a complete separation between the online profile and who the person is, the person can post anything they want with impunity.
They can say, I can go online and I can say, Matthew, I'm going to come to your house tonight and I know your address.
And there's nothing you can you go into the guards and the guards say, well, you know, because of Matthew's law, we can't identify who that person is.