Time we passed laws against social media?

RECENT research by the Priority Group has shown that 92 per cent of UK parents think that social media and the internet are having a negative impact on the mental health of young people.

The main reasons highlighted were cyber-bullying (50 per cent), lowering self-esteem (41 per cent), anxiety over getting enough likes/ followers (40 per cent), loss of faceto-face interaction (47 per cent), loss of quality sleep (43 per cent), and its encouragement of early sexualisation (39 per cent).

But what impact is social media having on adults?

I for one never take for granted anything on social media, as the socalled influencers deem that you do not have the capacity to decide for yourself. The murder of young transgender people highlighted that one of the murderers sought whatever one describes it of murder and torture. How much of adult mental health can be attributed by corporate and political brainwashing, when everything is sourced from social media?

How many people have the capacity to switch it off, like the TV. Laws, currently being discussed in the US to prevent children under 14 years of age accessing social media, raises the question of whether we should do likewise in the country before it is too late. How many adults employed are required to ensure such whitewashing?

Tony Morris