{"id":313978,"date":"2026-01-30T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/brianna-gheys-mother-backs-full-ban-on-social-media-for-children-in-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:00:50","slug":"brianna-gheys-mother-backs-full-ban-on-social-media-for-children-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/brianna-gheys-mother-backs-full-ban-on-social-media-for-children-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Brianna Ghey&#8217;s mother backs full ban on social media for children in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zCxyMa1HBZM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Brianna Ghey's mother backs full ban on social media for children in UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCxyMa1HBZM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would liken social media to a gateway drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey says the UK government needs to act quickly and not \u201ckick the can down the road\u201d on a social media ban.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Guardian\u2019s Politics Weekly podcast she says children are already being harmed and urges MPs to vote for a ban the next time the bill goes to the Commons.<\/p>\n<p>Esther Ghey has previously detailed how she believes her daughter\u2019s social media addiction contributed to her mental health issues, leading her to take risks with her personal safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrianna wasn\u2019t alone,\u201d says Ghey. \u201cWe know that there are each day, in England alone, 500 mental health referrals for children and we need to really think what is impacting this, why is there such an increase in mental health issues, why is there an increase in peer and peer violence in schools, why is there a difficulty retaining teachers in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to move now because as we\u2019re waiting, more and more children are being harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To listen to the full episode of this podcast, tap the link \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/audio\/2026\/jan\/28\/matt-goodwin-becomes-reform-uk-candidate-and-esther-ghey-on-banning-social-media-podcast<\/p>\n<p>#socialmediaban #tiktok #instagram #youtube #meta #facebook #socialmedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI would liken social media to a gateway drug.\u201d The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey says the UK government needs to act quickly and not \u201ckick the can down the road\u201d on a social media ban. 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