Social media firms 'must raise protection against harm'
"There's barely a day that goes by that I don't experience something negative", said 17-year-old Caitlin.Caitlin received abuse online after posting about Manchester United's Mason Greenwood
"It's kind of like a war on us in a way. It's like we can't really speak without having harm wanted against us".Seventeen-year-old Isabelle said she sees a lot of body positive content on social media Pupils working on a project to improve online safety were given the chance to quiz tech giants at a virtual event.Megan Thomas from Meta, Facebook's parent company, and TikTok's Alexandra Evans spoke to the pupils about harmful content
Megan Thomas, public policy associate manager at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said the company has recently developed new features "designed to help prevent people from having to experience any kind of harmful content on our platforms in the first place."The UK government says its Online Safety Bill will "deliver major improvements to the safety of women and girls"
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