Despite the number of controls in place on social media platforms, users continuously experience content that, by the platforms’ own admission, shouldn’t be accessible. We 44 Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image recommend that the Government should ensure that social media companies enforce their advertising rules and community guidelines and introduce strong sanctions for failing to do so, including but not limited to, significant fines.

Despite the number of controls in place on social media platforms, users continuously experience content that, by the platforms’ own admission, shouldn’t be accessible. We 44 Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image recommend that the Government should ensure that social media companies enforce their advertising rules and community guidelines and introduce strong sanctions for failing to do so, including but not limited to, significant fines. Type: recommendation | Number: 14 | Paragraph: 114 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: In the case of advertising, the ASA sets out the advertising rules for social media companies (and all other actors who advertise online) through their CAP codes. These codes form a self-regulatory framework that hold the advertising sector to account. The ASA have been proactive to update their cod