Labour is right to take action to protect children from the harms of social media

Labour is right to take action to protect children from the harms of social media

Patrick Hurley is the Labour MP for Southport There is no real argument any more about whether social media affects children’s wellbeing. We can all see that it does. The question is what we do next. For me, this is not an abstract issue. My wife is a teacher, and she sees every day how the online world follows children into school. She sees the anxiety that comes from constant comparison, the distraction of phones, and the way problems that sta…