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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
George Lithgow

Keir Starmer gives tech firms three months to stop children sending nude images

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech at London Tech Week (Isabel Infantes/PA) - (PA Wire)

Apple and Google have been given a three-month ultimatum to make it impossible for children to take, share or view nude images on their smartphones, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said.

The Government wants firms to activate built-in features on their devices or come up with technological solutions on phones and tablets to detect and block such content.

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