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Eimear

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
44 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Liveline
Social Media Ban

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.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

By putting a ban, I suppose, we're still giving the power back to the techs.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

We are still giving that.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

People will find their ways around a ban, as we know, and could end up in darker places than that.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

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,

Liveline
Social Media Ban

You know, they were they were landmark cases, but their products are not safe by design.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

I suppose parents need to collectively come together.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

There's a huge peer pressure because I've gone through it myself with two kids in the last two years.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

There's a massive pressure.

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Social Media Ban

If all the kids aren't buying smartphones, then nobody is feeling left out.

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Social Media Ban

And that's the problem.

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Social Media Ban

We are creating this peer pressure as parents by buying into it and that.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

So if we take a step back and to lay together, then no child is left out.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

That's where parents need to come in on it.

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Social Media Ban

This is one of my concerns.

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Social Media Ban

The parents will see the ban on social media and feel every box is ticked.

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Social Media Ban

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.

Liveline
Social Media Ban

And we feel that's because parents feel the government is going to come out here with an answer and everything will be solved.