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And I think, I suppose, with the government, the fact that the big techs are in this country and that there's a resistance to go after the techs themselves.
By putting a ban, I suppose, we're still giving the power back to the techs.
People will find their ways around a ban, as we know, and could end up in darker places than that.
The meta cases in the LA in the last month or so, if anyone has been following them or if any listeners have been following them,
You know, they were they were landmark cases, but their products are not safe by design.
I suppose parents need to collectively come together.
There's a huge peer pressure because I've gone through it myself with two kids in the last two years.
If all the kids aren't buying smartphones, then nobody is feeling left out.
We are creating this peer pressure as parents by buying into it and that.
So if we take a step back and to lay together, then no child is left out.
That's where parents need to come in on it.
The parents will see the ban on social media and feel every box is ticked.
We have spoken, we have a lot of online safety talks going on around the country and I have got feedback that numbers have started to drop.
And we feel that's because parents feel the government is going to come out here with an answer and everything will be solved.