Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), is calling for a wide-ranging educational campaign on social media use targeting young people as the Government considers regulating these online platforms for minors.

“We need to have broader campaigns around helping young people to understand the benefits, but also the pitfalls of social media,” he said.

His statement came against the backdrop of research conducted under the CVC’s Strengthening Access Inclusion and Leadership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Project (SAIL-SRHR), found that social media increases adolescence exposure to explicit content.