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Sophie Wingate

Rishi Sunak bows to Tory rebels to boost online safety for children

(Yui Mok/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure from rebel Tory MPs to toughen up punishments for social media bosses who fail to protect children from harm online.

The Prime Minister was facing a major backbench rebellion as 50 MPs put their names to an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that would make tech chiefs criminally liable if they do not block minors from seeing damaging content on their platforms.

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