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The speaker explains how they and their wife became involved in 2020 after seeing the problem and hearing warnings from experts. They describe how early concerns were ignored.
Myself and my wife, we we came into this uh in 2020, six years ago.Um and in large part because of the problem that we could see.Um but the meetings that we had with experts around the world who have been raising the flag for 10 years prior to prior to to 2020 saying this is where this is headed.These are the problems.This is what we need to do in order to prevent harm.And no one listened.
The focus shifts to meeting affected families and realizing the harm was growing worse. The speaker emphasizes that children and parents were continuing to suffer while companies refused to change.
And then we met families.Um and then more families and more and more and more.And it became very clear that this problem wasn't going away.Um that more children were taking their lives or being harmed forever.More parents were suffering and the companies at the heart of it refused to make any changes.
The speaker argues that the issue must be addressed through prevention rather than reaction. They stress that safety needs to be built into products from the start, just like in any other industry.
This has to be about prevention, ladies and gentlemen.We can no longer sit here and wait for thousands more children uh to lose their lives and thousands more parents, millions more parents to have their children's changed uh lives changed forever.Um so I will finish with saying that this this whole mission has to be about safety by design.By the time that it's on the phone, in an app, in a kid's hands, it's already too late.We all know that.And there's no reason why this industry should be treated any differently from any other industry.
The transcript ends with a brief greeting exchange. The speaker is addressed directly and asked how they are feeling.
Good morning, sir.Good morning.
Good morning.
Megan.How you feeling?