The Commission For Children In The UK Expresses The Hazard Of The Use Of Social Media For Youth And Children

Dame Rachel de Souza, Commission of Children in England (photo: twitter @Rachel_deSouza)

JAKARTA The UK Commission of Children mentions the dangers of using social media. They even stated that social media could be harmful to young people. But some parents in the UK, having difficulty banning the very popular media at home.

Dame Rachel de Souza, of the UK's Commission of Children warned about the dangers of social media, referring to the case of Molly Russell, 14, who committed suicide after being bombarded with self-harm and suicide content.

"I think parents should think long and hard about access to social media or access to social media altogether," de Souza told The Sunday Telegraph, some time ago.

He suggested that parents not buy their children a smartphone and vice versa should continue to use ancient devices without internet access.

"I really feel that we need to be careful and manage this," he said.

Dame Rachel also asked ministers in the UK to show'moral goals' and ensure new internet laws, under the long-awaited Online Security Bill, are to be passed.

He also asked for a more assertive age limit for children to use social media so that they are always under the supervision of their parents.