Keira Knightley has banned social media in her home to protect her children from “unregulated spaces.”
The 40-year-old actress, mother of nine-year-old Edie and five-year-old Delilah with husband James Righton, has opened up about her approach to internet use and the need to monitor her online activity.
she said BBC Radio 4: “I find it very scary because they are unregulated spaces, and once children are in unregulated spaces, these are the ones I want to protect them from.”
“So in our house, we don’t have social media. They’re not allowed on the devices if we can’t see what they’re looking at, then they’re not allowed on them,” he added.
“I don’t know if that’s right, you know. How long can I keep this up? I don’t know!”
He Pride and prejudice The star revealed that “most parents do the same thing” at their school.
She explained, “So, you try to say, ‘Okay, on this play date, what are you doing to see and what are you not doing to see?'”
“And it’s great to have a parent group where you can be open and have those conversations, and that’s what you hope for, but obviously that’s not the case everywhere,” she said. Black Doves added the actress.
“I think that’s the most common case in our school, in that particular year group, but I think, again, it could change from year group to year group,” he said.
“However, I would love to see some regulation put in place so that it doesn’t all fall to the parents,” concluded Keira Knightley.
