Asked to describe the impact of social media on society in a few words, the top responses from the public are “negative”, “bad” and “dangerous”. [...] Crucially they don’t think that social media companies can be trusted to regulate themselves, and want the Government to support them in protecting people (and especially their children) from the most harmful and uncertain effects of social media. [...] 46 per cent of parents in the UK say they struggle to limit the amount of time their children spend on their phones - more than in France, Germany and the United States. [...] And I feel that there's a lot of diagnosis coming out of autism and ADHD and I'm sure they're all related to the way these young people operate with the phones because they're not concentrating, they're not in the moment, they're just following a screen around. [...] Whether it is a complete ban on social media for young people, or better enforcing school bans on smartphones, these age related restrictions are top of the public’s list of priorities for helping parents to take back the control they have lost with the emergence of social media.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 2
- About More in Common 2
- Introduction 3
- The problem 4
- Figure 1 4
- I am 45 and Im a bit addicted to my smartphone. Ive had to buy a little box off Amazon to 5
- Emma Beautician Ilford 5
- Figure 2 5
- Social media is poisonous. Its a poisonous poisonous environment for children and I 6
- Erica Business Manager Louth 6
- Ive got teenage children and its terrible the minute they wake up the phones not left the 6
- Mark Teacher Horncastle 6
- Figure 3 6
- What do Britons want to happen 7
- Figure 4 7
- Figure 5 8
- Figure 6 8
- I do think that social media is possibly one of the worst things that could have ever 9
- Im 22 so Ive seen the evolution very quickly how quickly things have changed. And if 9
- Patrick Security Guard Ilford 9
- They can police things when they choose to. You cant sign up to a mobile banking app 9
- Instagram account or any of these things without putting in a full log of your information 9
- Craig Sales Assistant Ilford 9
- Figure 7 10
- Figure 8 10
- My kids didnt have a smartphone in primary school and they got bullied. Both of them got 11
- Erica Business Manager Louth 11
- I started to switch the internet off at night because I woke up at night once and it was two 11
- 15. Shes doing GCSEs this year and she was still on FaceTime to her boyfriend. So I said so 11
- 10 oclock it goes off now and thats it. And its a bit annoying for me because I sometimes 11
- Mark Teacher Horncastle 11
- For me its social media companies Facebook Meta or Instagram all these massive 11
- Government to force those companies to make these changes and monitor them better. 11
- Adam IT Engineer Louth 11
- I think weve got to put more onus on the organisations that run these sites than if they 11
- Tony IT Engineer Ilford 11
- How do Britons views compare to those in 12
- Figure 9 12
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- Figure 11 14
- Figure 12 14
- Recommendations 15
- Methodology 16
