Speeches by Irons.

“You are talking about things that you have actively taken off, like direct messaging. What about infinite scrolling? Can you just stop doing that? Would that be helpful?”

“That is a very long time to be sat—”

“Are your platforms safe for children aged 13 and above?”

“On a broader point around video sharing platforms, you have both spoken passionately about the importance of high-quality content and what goes into making the programmes that you make. We have heard Milkshake! described as a safe space for parents and children on the linear schedule. Do you think that video sharing pl…”

“So at least for Meta, the platforms are not safe for children aged 13 and above, as opposed to TikTok, which is trying to make it safe for children of 13 and up.”

“This is slightly different from, say, walking across the street when somebody is speeding. In other areas of media—we had Sky and Paramount in earlier today—as a parent making decisions about where your children consume media, you are able to control by default what they see and how they consume that media, whereas you…”

“I thank the Minister for her tireless work and campaigning on this issue, both in this place and in our community of Croydon. I know that this moral mission is personal to her, but given her experience, does she agree that tackling knife crime requires a whole-system approach bringing together policing, schools, health…”

“TikTok settled, so maybe—I don’t know—there is an admission that TikTok has an addictive algorithm, but isn’t the behaviour that we are talking about, with young people trying to get around this, demonstrating addiction? Is it not proving the point that your services are not particularly good for children’s wellbeing i…”

“I am an MP in Croydon, and the red versus blue trend had a significant impact on some local schools. One school had a lot of children in one year who did not turn up because they were so afraid of what was going to happen. I appreciate that this is about content on your platform. You are very clear that you do not want…”

“Then you should have the figure, shouldn’t you?”

“Are your platforms safe for children aged 13 and above?”

“On a broader point around video sharing platforms, you have both spoken passionately about the importance of high-quality content and what goes into making the programmes that you make. We have heard Milkshake! described as a safe space for parents and children on the linear schedule. Do you think that video sharing pl…”

“So it is not economically viable to be using YouTube. It is more of a marketing tool.”

“Can I ask Rebecca the same question? Do you have that figure?”

“I suppose the question is, given everything you have done—and, as you acknowledge, it is still not safe—why are people still trying to sue you?”

“That is the point, isn’t it? Again, this is about young people’s content, where they find it and where they migrate to consume it. We can all accept that there are benefits to that and that groups can form, but we are talking about how we keep them safe and prevent the harms. I couldn’t really get to this point: are yo…”

“Who am I to tell you how to do anything in your business, but surely part of the negotiation with a teenager to have an account could be, “You need to have this linked to a parent.” Thirty-five might be a bit too high, but surely you can do things to ensure that it is not basically like sticking seatbelts in your car a…”

“To pick up on some of these points on the makeup of safety advisory groups and who gets to sit on them, our predecessor Committee made a recommendation that there should be a wider variety of people that sit on SAGs, including community groups or people with local knowledge. Have you seen evidence of that happening?”

“Should there be more prescription as to who should be on the boards? Should there be stronger guidance or direction of who should be on them?”

“We have had evidence that the UK Government do not use the same model. They do not use eventsIMPACT as much as Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Do you think that they are missing a trick there?”