Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, said that “enough has not been done” about the damage that could cause social media, as it appeared in the unveiling of a memorial in New York City for young people who said he died because of this, according to CBS News News News. Harry was attending the event with his wife Megan, Duchess of Sussex.
“The easiest thing to say is to remove your children from social media” to protect them.
The BBC mentioned that the memorial, which will open for 24 hours, consists of 50 smartphones, each of which displays a picture of a child whose organizers say he lost their lives because of social media.
Prince Harry and Meghan She was supporting families who say social media played a role in the death of their children, and supported invitations to technology companies to share information from these children’s phones with parents.
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“It is a comprehensive fact that our children are on their way to what is happening online,” Megan said. “I think it is for those who choose to be online and be on social media – as well as adults – we get an example and really put a great deal of joy and joy in the world.”
A number of families from the United Kingdom traveled to New York to request better protection for children from technology companies. Some of them participated in a separate protest outside the dead offices.
Among those families, Ellen Rom, 14 -year -old, was Guls, who died in 2022. ROM believes that this happened after an online challenge, and that his social media accounts could carry evidence, the BBC said. An investigation was found that Guls died due to suicide.
Mita said it was It was recently presented Special accounts for young people with improved protection. “We believe that adolescents deserve consistent protection through all the different applications they use – not only our platforms,” Mita said in a statement to the BBC.
“We are only grateful because our children are very young, to be on social media at this stage,” Harry said on Thursday. Harry and Meghan children, Arish and LilbitIt is 5 and 3.
“One of the reasons why we do this is that, collectively with all these parents, we want to make sure that things change, right? So that neither parents nor more children are lost on social media. It is unacceptable. It is a mistake. It is no longer a secret. However, these companies are granted this force to hide the truth from the parents why their child took their lives.”
