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But it's also a form of protest for young people.
The amount of young people who can spread awareness or who can learn about current affairs but also then use their knowledge to spread awareness and to teach other young people about it.
We need to have stronger restrictions and you need to have stronger protections for under-16s.
But if you went from zero access, so young people and students up to 16 having zero access and then having full access at 16, that's not going to work.
All through primary school and in junior cycle, which is normally like 12, 13 to 15, almost 16 years old,
Students partake in CSP and SPHE and religious studies.
And while religion does carry on into senior cycle, CSP and SPHE are mainly junior cycle subjects.
And online safety and protecting yourself online are core modules, completely all the way up from being quite a young child up until almost, again, almost being 16.
So when you have those supports, and if those supports were enhanced, if they were better,
If more, like student support systems, the parents, teachers, youth leaders were also all educated, then it would help protect young people.
But if you went from zero to 100, that's just not going to work.
But again, there's so much bad on social media, but it also is an opportunity for good.
And again, stronger regulations, like much stronger regulations, more hands-on community-wide education.
But there's so much potential and it cuts out.