Keir Starmer urges the UK government to protect children from the 'tidal wave of violence' freely available online following a string of youth violence incidents. He criticizes social media platforms for allowing graphic content and calls for greater responsibility from tech firms.
Keir Starmer has said the UK Government must "protect our children from the tidal wave of violence freely available online."
Starmer was speaking in Downing Street on Tuesday morning after Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to killing three girls. "Because you can’t tell me that the material this individual viewed before committing these murders should be accessible on mainstream social media platforms. As part of the campaign we have demanded social media giants to remove violent clips of youths from their platform before they go viral.
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