Ofcom say media companies will face punishments for failing to keep children safe on their platforms. Is enough being done to protect young users, or do you feel more urgent changes are needed?
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00:00The basis of it is parental responsibility, at the end of the day, I think Ofcom can legislate and say, well, this should happen by law, this, that and the other, but it's for the parents or the guardians to decide.
00:19It's getting out of hand because the kids nowadays, they're just too clued up, aren't they? Phones, you see them in prams and all that.
00:26I think it could be more done, you know, yes, certainly, like the phones especially and it's so dangerous, things that go on now.
00:36I don't think it's ever enough to be honest with you because it's a fast moving world in terms of media, access to things, how do you block stuff when perhaps the kid's picking up the parent's phone or the kid's probably know more than the parent's now about how to get around these things as well, so.
00:54Their phone network have got to sort their policies out.