No Jeremy Hunt, you can't use tech to ban sexting for the under 18s
This article is about the action Jeremy Hunt wants to take in order to reduce cyber-bullying. They want social media and tech companies to ban sexting as a whole which could potentially reduce some part of cyber-bullying. He would rather the responsibility of our children's well-being would be in the hands of IT professionals in America instead of the British Government. He says, 'There is a lot of evidence that the technology industry, if they put their mind to it, can do really smart things'. The article does understand the views of Jeremy Hunt but it is a bit wild to consider how anyone would be able to spy on young people of Britain for 24 hours. Also, it would be difficult to regulate some of the pictures not only may it not be accurate but it would need to analyse the picture taken quickly so the immediacy isn't taken away from certain websites (snapchat or Twitter).
I agree with Jeremy Hunt to an extent as a regulation system used on social media could reduce cyber-bullying by a bit because wouldn't be seen naked. However, this would be difficult for organisations to do as there are millions of people in the country so it babysitting the nation will take time. real time regulation specifically is the hardest as people want to communicate as quick as possible and this 'gatekeeping' system will slow down communication.
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