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Prince Harry says children's “attention is bought and sold” by tech companies in his speech at the European Parliament in Brussels. He adds that social media seek “our children's thoughts, feelings, trust and connections” to generate profit. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Children aren't simply exposed to these products. They are marketed to. Their
00:06attention is bought and sold, and we see the cost. The cost in their sleep, their
00:11self-worth, and their mental health. And increasingly, these systems seek
00:16something even more intimate. Our children's thoughts, feelings, trust, and
00:21connections. Information harvested to develop products, deepen engagement, and
00:28generate profit. Now, how many parents truly understand what their children are
00:34being asked to give away? We cannot keep blaming children or their parents for
00:40responding to systems deliberately designed to hold their attention. That
00:46isn't simply a failure of self-control. It's a failure of design. And when a
00:53platform can reach into a child's bedroom to learn their vulnerabilities,
00:57earn their trust and influence their behavior without a parent ever knowing, it
01:04is as if we are letting danger creep into our homes and consume their whole world.

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