Noeline Blackwell
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 23 Jul
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Yeah, it's a it it definitely is a firmer tone than we've heard before from the EU Commission.
Um it they are they have been gathering evidence over time and there was they did a big uh investigation into this, brought experts in to do a a special report which launched in July, which was kind of the basis for this, but also the EU Commission has been acting as regulator and in July as well, for instance, they found as a preliminary
Finding against Meta for Facebook, for Instagram, there were features which were addictive and could lead to harm for children if they were used excessively.
So they're building up the bank of evidence.
And what's good about what she came out with was that this evidence-based approach is really putting the responsibility back on the tech companies to a greater extent.
Mm.
To produce safe products, which really should be a given.
In the European Union, they should not be selling or deploying products that are unsafe and unsafe for children.
But there is it's it's a question of regulation, but it is that question also of actually speaking out to the tech companies in that way is new in my
My hearing of the way the Commission has approached it.
They have been very deferential, we could say, to the tech companies.
And now there's something where you feel there's some maybe a dotted line, but a line is being drawn.
Yeah, it should.
Even without new legislation, our regulations require the big social media platforms that we know to make sure that children under eighteen do not access material that is harmful to them or that is illegal.
That is the law as it stands right now.
So but but it is clear that when the
Tech companies are doing this, they say they're doing their best and they love children and they don't want to wish children any harm.
But their their material, their actions don't match their words.
And really, what they really say is: you, the children, and you, the parents and caregivers of the children, you have the responsibility to make sure your children are safe.
And that's like saying to somebody,
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