Seven in ten Brits would support the introduction of cigarette packet-style warnings on social media platforms, an LBC poll has found.
Online Safety Day is today, Monday 10th March from 7am to midnight on LBC, available across the UK on Global Player on your smart speaker, iOS or Android device; on DAB digital radio and TV, at LBC.co.uk and in London on 97.3 FM. Brits overwhelmingly backed forcing social media companies to display messages warning people of the potential mental health impacts of their sites and where they can receive support, in the exclusive poll carried out by More in Common for LBC.
In November, the Australian Parliament passed the strictest laws on social media use anywhere in the world, adopting age verification technology to prevent kids under 16 from accessing sites like Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok and Snapchat. Critics have questioned how effective the legislation will prove. Some worry that it could have the unintended consequence of pushing children into less regulated sections of the internet.
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