UK PM tells social media bosses to step up child online safety
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday hinted at possible measures limiting children’s access to social media, as he met senior tech figures and warned: “Things can’t go on like this.”
“They must change because right now social media is putting our children at risk,” Starmer told the group who included Wifredo Fernandez of X, Alistair Law of TikTok, Markus Reinisch of Meta, and Ronan Harris of Snap.
“In a world in which children are protected, even if that means access is restricted, that is preferable to a world where harm is the price of participation,” he added.
