Ciarán Cudahy

for under-16s and specifically what he will do here and what the government will do here if there is no EU agreement to do this.

Take a listen.

In other words, it's happening here.

Either it happens here because it's happening all over the EU or there's no EU agreement and it's going to happen here anyway.

So what do you think?

Do you think it's right to ban those under the age of 16s from Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, you name it?

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Leo Galvin is on the line.

Leo, do you think we should ban these?

So in what sense is it not for young people?

Because I'm sure the minister and others would, you know, point to things like, you know, anxiety and isolation and suicidal ideation and self-harm and studies that would link this to prolonged use of social media.

What are those positive aspects of social media that we'd lose, that young people would lose?

What do you think the impact would be on 14 and 15-year-olds out there who are on these platforms?

Were all of those opportunities taken away from them?

Even as you say that they're designed to be predatory is it not mad that we would allow people aged 14, 15 and 16 onto a platform that's designed to be predatory?

I don't think banning young people from social media... In fairness, and it's not often I say this, in fairness to the media minister, I don't think he's blaming young people.

I'm not sure that's how it's framed.

I appreciate maybe that's how you've heard it.

I think it's the social media companies themselves who are in his crosshairs and it's their targeting of young people that he's trying to prevent and he's trying to protect young people rather than punish them.

Listen, Leo, you stay with this because 51550 is the text number and lots of other people are getting in touch.