Esther McCarthy: Does your child use Snapchat? Then you need to know about this secret folder
Esther McCarthy: "I want to trust my kids. I don’t want to be the phone police. But I also don’t want billionaire tech bros deciding what “safety” looks like for our kids." Picture: Emily Quinn
Ah, hard luck, Micheál Martin. You have gone down in history as the man who saved our lungs and our children’s mental health. But no. The Aussies have beaten you to it.
When the news broke that Australia had banned social media for under-16s, I rejoiced. I dared to dream Ireland would be the world’s leaders in this sphere, though. If we can make curmudgeons go outside in the freezing cold to suck on a vile rollie, surely we could have made it culturally uncool for tweens to set up an Instagram account?
