Meghan Markle delivered a powerful speech on the dangers of online bullying at the unveiling of the Lost Screen Memorial art installation Sunday.
âBehind me stands The Lost Screen Memorial,â the Duchess of Sussex stated at the art installation in Geneva, Switzerland, per Hello!. âNot statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children.
âEach name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure. A child whose laughter once filled a kitchen. Whose shoes once waited by a front door. Whose future once felt limitless,â she added.
Markle, who rocked an all-black pantsuit, called out how addictive and damaging social media can be to children.
âChildren today are being shaped by systems designed to capture attention at any cost: relentless algorithms, exploitative engagement and endless exposure to harmful content that they are not seeking out,â she said.
The mom of two urged parents to set an example for their kids by limiting their own social media usage and writing their elected officials to demand that laws be put in place to protect the youth.
âLet our children look back at this moment, and let them feel proud of us â that we chose something better â for them, and for us all,â she shared.
At the memorial, Markle chatted with a young child and hugged attendees who were visibly emotional by the art installation, which honored the lives of children lost to online harm.
The exhibition, which features 50 illuminated lightboxes, will remain on display through the 79th World Health Assembly, which ends Friday.
Each lightbox includes a picture of a child who died as a result of cyberbullying and other digital harms.
The memorial was created by Markle, 44, and husband Prince Harryâs Archewell Philanthropies, as well as The Parentsâ Network, and was first displayed in New York City in April 2025.
The couple launched their charity foundation in 2020, rebranding five years later from Archewell Foundation to Archewell Philanthropies.
Harry and the âSuitsâ alum are the parents of son Prince Archie, 7, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 4.
Since becoming parents, the retired royals have been vocal about advocating for childrenâs online safety.
Most recently, Markle chatted with students from Australiaâs Swinburne University of Technology last month.
The actress noted she considers herself âthe most trolled person in the entire worldâ after being âbullied and attacked ⊠every day for 10 years.â
She explained that social media companies are not âincentivized to stopâ harassment from users.
âThat billion-dollar industry ⊠is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks,â Markle said in her speech. âThatâs not going to change. So, you have to be stronger than that.â
At last yearâs Lost Screen Memorial unveiling in the Big Apple, Harry urged fellow parents to keep their little ones âaway from social media.â
The Duke of Sussex, 41, added that itâs âunacceptableâ and âwrongâ that children lose their lives because âenough is not being doneâ about social media harm.
Markle, at the time, added, âOur children are in harms way by whatâs happening online. ⊠We get to set the example and really put as much good and joy into the world as we can.â
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