The actress tells the BBC ministers should make firms enforce strict age limits on their platforms.
But she said that the drama had to be about more than a child obsessed with their phone.
The film shows Freya becoming less communicative and falling behind at school as she retreats further into herself as her relationship with social media becomes increasingly destructive. "This world that you can burrow deeper and deeper into it, and it becomes darker and trickier and much, much harder for children to navigate.
Winslet's comment come as the government is accused of watering down legislation aimed at regulating internet content.require technology firms to take down legal but harmful materialIan Russell, the father of teenager Molly Russell, who ended her life after viewing suicide and self-harm content online, said the bill had been watered down and the decision might have been made for political reasons to help it pass more quickly.
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