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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Starmer issues warning to social media firms over children sending explicit images in London tech week speech

Tech firms must stop children from sending and receiving explicit images online or the Government will legislate to force them, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Ministers are expected to announce plans to force companies such as Google and Apple to stop young people using their devices to share naked photos alongside a ban on social media for under-16s.

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