Each of these displays the lock screen image of a child who lost their life after online violence and digital harm. Hosted by Archewell Philanthropies and the World Health Organisation, Meghan joined the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, global health leaders, ministers and families affected by online harm.
The installation was first unveiled in New York City last April as part of the No Child Lost to Social Media campaign, and it will be shown in Geneva until Friday, May 22, during World Health Assembly week.
Meghan said in her speech: “Behind me stands The Lost Screen Memorial. Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children.
“Each 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.”
The speech was hard-hitting; it appears that few people had gathered to hear the duchess speak.
A few people in the crowd were photographed online, and one person on X referred to Meghan as “poor thing” because of the lack of crowds.
Another person said, “Can you imagine flying all the way to Switzerland, and that is the size of the crowd.”
Someone else wrote: “They look more like passers by.”
While a huge crowd may not have gathered to listen to the speech, Meghan’s words were extremely important.
Both Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, who was not in attendance, feel passionately about protecting children from the harms of social media.