Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released a new video of them urging social media companies to reduce the amount of harmful content children can see online.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released the clip last night of their appearance at a World Mental Health Day event in New York on October 10 last year.
They issued the video on their Archewell website following a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child safety which took place yesterday.
In the video, Meghan says: ‘When the car was first invented, there wasn’t a seatbelt. And what happened? People started to get hurt, people started to die. So you started to change the car.’
Harry adds: ‘We need to get out of this idea that young kids, there’s something wrong with them. No, it’s the world that we’re allowing to be created around them. Please stop sending children content that you wouldn’t want your own children to see.’
And Meghan then says: ‘Everyone now is affected by the online world and social media. There is an entry point that’s positive and creative community, but we all just want to feel safe.’
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Harry and Meghan at a World Mental Health Day event in New York on October 10 last year
