How do social media companies send young people to harmful content? I BBC Politics Live

Описание: In 2022, Aimee Walton from Southampton died at the age of 21 after taking poison recommended in the online pro-suicide chat room.

Her sister Adele Zeynep Walton is now calling for greater regulation of social media companies.

Adele believes that social media companies are responsible for a huge amount of societal harms, and wants the government to hold big tech companies to account.

Adele joined BBC Politics Live, alongside Labour MP Anna Dixon and former Conservative Health Minister Lord Bethell, to speak about her experience and what can be done to regulate social media companies.

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