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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Toby Helm

Labour pledges to toughen ‘weakened and gutted’ online safety bill

Molly Russell, 14, who took her own life in November 2017.
Molly Russell, 14, who took her own life in November 2017 after viewing material on social media linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide. Photograph: Family handout/PA

Tough new laws that would protect children from being bombarded with seriously harmful online material, will be introduced as a top priority of a Labour government.

After meeting families who have lost children as a result of exposure to harmful content, the shadow culture secretary, Lucy Powell, has won the backing of party leader Keir Starmer to legislate as one of the first acts of a Labour government, if the party wins the next election.

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