Harry and Meghan unveil memorial for children lost to social media
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have ramped up calls for greater protections for young people using social media as they unveiled a memorial to children lost to 'digital dangers'.
Harry and Meghan attended an event in New York on Wednesday alongside nearly 50 families whose loved ones were commemorated in the installation.
Unveiled by the couple and their philanthropic Archewell Foundation, the Lost Screen Memorial featured 50 illuminated lightboxes designed to resemble smartphones.
Each displayed the lock screen picture of a child 'whose life was cut short by digital dangers', according to the couple.
'These are families that we have been working with for several years,' Meghan told reporters in Manhattan, according to People magazine.
'No matter how polarised the world is, or
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