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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rod Minchin

Mother made MBE for online safety campaign after death of teenage son

Ellen Roome is fighting for a change in the law to force social media firms to hand over children’s data to bereaved parents (Ellen Roome/PA) - (PA Media)

A mother who is campaigning for improvements to children’s online safety following the death of her teenage son has spoken of the bittersweet moment she learned she had been made an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

Ellen Roome, 49, is fighting for a change in the law to force social media firms to hand over children’s data to bereaved parents.

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