Starmer Moves To Tighten AI And Social Media Rules In Child Safety Push

Keir Starmer is stepping up the UK’s digital safety agenda with a plan that targets both AI chatbots and children’s access to social media, arguing that regulation has to move at the same speed as the technology it is trying to control.

Downing Street said the government will crack down on “vile and illegal content created by AI” and seek new legal powers that would allow ministers to act quickly once a public consultation on youth internet use reports back. That consultation, due to begin in March, will examine options including a minimum age for social media and restrictions on the use of VPNs to bypass online safeguards.