‘Leaving the decision to families exacerbates inequalities’Laura, a parent from East Dunbartonshire, says the scale of harmful content circulating on social media has left many families feeling powerless. “It creates a postcode lottery and exacerbates inequalities.”‘It feels like social media has invaded their psyche’Rachel, a secondary school English teacher in Derbyshire, says the impact of social media on pupils’ emotional wellbeing and concentration is now impossible to ignore. “I see the effect of social media and shrinking attention spans every day,” she says. Tahnee, who has an eight-year-old son, welcomed Australia’s decision to introduce restrictions on children’s social media use. “I absolutely believe that they’ll [the social media platforms] need to be pressured into doing the right thing,” they say.