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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Shanti Das, Home affairs correspondent

Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultation

Bunches of flowers and laid against a fence with a photograph of Oliver Stephens on top of them
Floral tributes to 13-year-old Oliver Stephens, who was murdered after a dispute on social media. Photograph: Geoff Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

Bereaved parents and abuse survivors who have endured years of “preventable, life-changing harm” linked to social media say they have been denied a voice in official discussions about holding tech firms to account.

Mariano Janin, whose ­daughter Mia, 14, killed herself after online bullying, and the parents of Oliver Stephens, 13, who was murdered after a dispute on social media, are among those who have accused Ofcom of excluding them from a ­consultation process for tackling online harms.

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