Digital Safety: Children Debate
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Clive Efford
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(2 days, 17 hours ago)
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Kanishka Narayan
In characteristic fashion, the Father of the House has given wise counsel, and I will very much take it to heart in the way that the Government act.
Clive Efford (Eltham and Chislehurst) (Lab)
It is clear that the sociopaths that run these platforms have no concern whatever for the welfare of anyone, but particularly our children, and that they will listen only if legislation is put before this House that makes them act and sends a clear message to them, so when are we going to do that?
Kanishka Narayan
I absolutely feel the weight of the point my hon. Friend makes about the inadequacy of what the tech companies have done so far. We are acting to make sure that young people in this country are secured from the harms they are experiencing. We have done that already by engaging robustly with the companies. As I said, we are already world-leading in that a major operating system has been reformed only in the United Kingdom to secure our children from harm. If that does not happen, we are working in parallel to make sure that the force of the law is felt as well.