TREY: WELCOME BACK SO TO
"SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA."
OVER HALF OF ALL TEENAGE
GIRLS EXPERIENCE SADNESS OR
FEEL HOPELESS.
LET THE NUMBERS SINK IN WITH
IMAGES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WE
FRONT OUR COMMUNITY, OR
CHURCH.
THE NEXT TIME WE SEE A GROUP
OF YOUNG GIRLS, IT SHOULD BE
JARRING TO KNOW THAT ON
AVERAGE, HALF OF THEM HAVE
FELT HOPELESS AND ONE-THIRD
OF THEM HAVE FELT LIKE
ENDING THEIR LIVES.
WE HEAR ABOUT THE EVOLUTION
OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, HOW
WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS.
THAT WE’RE BETTER OFF THAN
OUR PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS, IT’S TRUE IN
MEAN REGARDS, TECHNOLOGY HAS
MADE OUR LIVES EASIER IN
MYRIAD WAYS, TECHNOLOGY IS
OFTEN BENIGN.
HOW TECHNOLOGY IS USED IS
WHERE THE VIRTUE OR THE PAIN
LURKS.
IT’S GOOD TO GET AN AMBER
ALERT WHEN A CHILD IS
MISSING, IT’S NOT GOOD WHEN
SOCIAL MEDIA IS USED TO HURT
OR PREY ON CHILDREN.
GOOD WHEN WE SEE A ACT OF
KINDNESS BUT NOT GOOD WHEN
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE BULLIED
OR MADE TO FEEL INTELLECTUAL
INFERIOR BECAUSE THEY DON’T
MEET SOMEONE ELSE’S
EXPECTATIONS OR RECEIVE
PRIVATE MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE
WHO SEEK TO TO HARM, THE
DOUBLE EDGE NATURE OF
TECHNOLOGY, ALCOHOL CAN TEST
A 50 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OR
LEAD A DRUNK DRIVER TO KILL
A FAMILY, DRUGS CAN PUT US
TO SEEP SLEEP FOR HEART
SURGERY OR PLUNGE US INTO
ADDICTION.
MANY THINGS THAT CAN HELP
AND HURT US ARE REGULATED BY
AGE AND ACCESS AND USE.
IS IT TIME TO REGULATE
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THOSE
CLEARLY HARMED THE MOST, AND
WITH THE LEAST POWER TO
FIGHT BACK.
JOINING US NOW FOUNDER OF
LOG OFF, EMMA LEMKI .
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I
WATCHED AND LISTENED TO YOUR
TESTIMONY, IF I HEARD IT
RIGHT, YOU WERE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AT AGE.
12.
CAN YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A
SENSE OF HOW IT BEGAN TO BE
HARMFUL FOR YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME OAT AGE OF 12, I
DOWNLOADED MY FIRST SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNT.
INSTAGRAM AS I SPENT MORE
TIME ON THE APPS MY MENTAL
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
SUFFERED.
MY ANXIETY WAS TIGHTENED AND
DEPRESSION DEEPENED, THE
EXPOSURE TO UNREALISTIC BODY
STANDARDS AND HARMFUL
RECOMMENDED EATING DISORDER
CONTENT LEAD ME TOWARD
DISORDERED EATING, I FELT
THE NEGATIVE REPURR
REPERCUSSIONS OF BEING ON
THE ON-LINE SPACE, THAT WAS
8 YEARS AGO, TODAY I STILL
SEE THE HARM.
TREY: EMMA, I WILL PLAY A
CLIP FROM THE EDUCATION
SECRETARY AND THEN ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
>> BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE AN
EMERGENCY MODEL IN OUR
SCHOOLS, TBEE WE ONLY DEAL
WITH ISSUES WHEN WE SEE A
MAJOR OUTBURST.
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER,
BUILDING UP OUR TIER ONE
APPROACHES, TO MEET STUDENTS
WHERE THEY ARE, WHEN THEY
NEED SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
TREY: ALL RIGHT, A
12-YEAR-OLD CANNOT SIGN A
CONTRACT, VOTE, BUY TOBACCO
OR ALCOHOL, THEY CAN’T QUIT
SCHOOL OR SEE CERTAIN
MOVIES, WHY DO THE SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANIES THINK IT
OKAY FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD
DO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THEIR
PLATFORMS WHEN THERE ARE SO
MANY OTHER THINGS THEY
CANNOT DO.
>> WELL, ANSWER IS EASY, FOR
THE BIG TECH PLATFORMS, THE
MORE EYEBALLS THEY HAVE THE
MORE PROFIT THEY MAKE, THEY
ARE -- NO MATTER THE AGE
THEY AM TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE
ATTENTION TO MAXIMIZE
PROFIT, IT IS CAUSING A
FUELING OF THE YOUTH MENTAL
HEALTH CRISES THAT WE FACE
TODAY, I THINK THATTER WHAT
FACING IS THE BIG TOBACCO OF
MY GENERATION, AT SOCIAL
MEDIA, UNREGULATED SOCIAL
MEDIA HAS BECOME A WEAPON OF
MASS DESTRUCTION FOR MY
GENERATION.
TREY: ALL RIGHT, IF I HAVE
THIS RIGHT, YOU ARE MAJORING
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, BASED
ON YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU MAY
BE IN THE SENATE ONE DAY.
YOU MAY BE IN CHARGE.
IF YOU WERE, HOW WOULD YOU
REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT ARE A
COUPLE THINGS THAT OUR
VIEWERS CAN GET BEHIND.
>> FIRST, I WOULD LEAN AWAY
FROM AGE VERIFICATION, IT IS
IMPORTANT FEATURE TO BEGIN
TO UNPACK, I WOULD SEEK TO
ANSWER, HOW IS THIS THAT WE
MAKE ON LINE OF SPACES,
SAFER WHEN KIDS DECIDE TO
CENTRE, W.H.O. KINGS HAVE TO
COME -- DECIDE TO ENTER.
THEY NEED TO BE REGULATED TO
HAVE SAFE GUARDS, HIGHEST
LEVEL OF PRIVACY BUILT IN
AND A GREATER OF BETWEEN
PARENTTRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED DATA.
TREY: EMMA LEMKE FROM HALLS
OF THE SENATE TESTIFYING.
EVERYTHING THAT SHE CAN TO
RAISE AWARENESS THANK YOU SO