Keir Starmer promises crackdown on young people’s smartphone use within months
Starmer vows to enforce crackdown on children’s online activity
- Keir Starmer is vowing to enforce a crackdown on children and teenagers using smartphones to enhance online safety within months.
- Proposed reforms include a minimum age limit for social media, restrictions on “infinite” scrolling, and preventing children from using VPNs for illicit content or interacting with online chatbots.
- Ministers are taking steps to swiftly implement powers and will close a legal loophole to force all AI chatbot providers to comply with the Online Safety Act.
- A government consultation on new social media protections will launch in March, guided by feedback from parents and children.
- The plans also include amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure chatbots protect users from illegal content and to preserve children's social media data, inspired by Jools' Law.
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