Speeches by Vince.

“It is an absolute honour to second this Humble Address. First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah) for her incredibly powerful speech and echo her words about the importance of communities coming together to tackle the divisive politics that we have seen so often. I thank her for those commen…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?”

“I am an officer on the same APPG.”

“The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, reported that 13 and 14-year-olds in the UK who use Snapchat spend an average of two and a quarter hours a day on your platform. When we heard from other social media companies last week, they said they had specific tools, like curfews, and you have previously mentioned some pare…”

“But I understand that you have faced legal action in New Mexico and the USA due to accusations that your platform is designed to be addictive. How do you respond to that?”

“That’s all right; it’s okay. Rani?”

“Thank you all for coming to participate in today’s discussion. I say that particularly to Esther, because this is a really emotional topic that is hugely important to all of us. I am not going to ask Andy this question, because I think he has answered it. But, Esther and Rani, do you think that Ofcom and the Informatio…”

“I am an officer on the same APPG.”

“So you have no specific tools on Snapchat for that. You agree on the premise of it, but there is no specific tool that says to a young person, as you say, “Your lights should be out.” You have no tool like that at a specific hour.”

“But I understand that you have faced legal action in New Mexico and the USA due to accusations that your platform is designed to be addictive. How do you respond to that?”

“Is it not about when as well? For example, would you not agree that, if that was two hours at two o’clock in the morning and they have school the next day, that would be an issue? I really want to press on the idea of curfews and saying, “Actually, you shouldn’t be on Snapchat at two o’clock in the morning.” Do you hav…”

“Thank you all for coming to participate in today’s discussion. I say that particularly to Esther, because this is a really emotional topic that is hugely important to all of us. I am not going to ask Andy this question, because I think he has answered it. But, Esther and Rani, do you think that Ofcom and the Informatio…”

“Is it not about when as well? For example, would you not agree that, if that was two hours at two o’clock in the morning and they have school the next day, that would be an issue? I really want to press on the idea of curfews and saying, “Actually, you shouldn’t be on Snapchat at two o’clock in the morning.” Do you hav…”

“The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, reported that 13 and 14-year-olds in the UK who use Snapchat spend an average of two and a quarter hours a day on your platform. When we heard from other social media companies last week, they said they had specific tools, like curfews, and you have previously mentioned some pare…”

“On the point we have circled around, a number of social media companies we spoke to last week were in denial about how addictive their apps were. Having been a teacher and worked with young people, I know the desperation that young people feel to get their streaks up. I had one young person who was frustrated that they…”

“So you have no specific tools on Snapchat for that. You agree on the premise of it, but there is no specific tool that says to a young person, as you say, “Your lights should be out.” You have no tool like that at a specific hour.”

“But I understand that you have faced legal action in New Mexico and the USA due to accusations that your platform is designed to be addictive. How do you respond to that?”

“We have heard a lot about the quite extreme things that young people see online: the harmful content and misogyny, which is really disturbing. I visited a school in my constituency a couple of weeks ago, and one of the girls raised her concern about disinformation online. That can sometimes be very obvious—the things w…”

“On the point we have circled around, a number of social media companies we spoke to last week were in denial about how addictive their apps were. Having been a teacher and worked with young people, I know the desperation that young people feel to get their streaks up. I had one young person who was frustrated that they…”

“I am an officer on the same APPG.”