Father of Molly Russell It was indicated by the Secretary of Technology that he has warned “Sticking Plaster” to strengthen online safety measures after considering the “app cap” for children.
Ian Russell, whose 14 -year -old daughter took her life after seeing harmful materials on social media, urged Prime Minister To protect young people online, to tighten the law “decisively”.
This Cabinet Minister comes after the indication of Pete Kyle that he was looking at the measures to restrict the amount of time spending children on their phone, including a potential 10PM curfew.
Mr. Russell, who is the president of the Molly Rose Foundation established in the memory of his daughter, said: “Every day Government There is a delay in bringing hard online security laws, we have lost more young life and have been damaged due to weak regulation and inaction by Big Tech.
“Parents see the country up and down to see that the Prime Minister’s Act would be happy to face the tsunami of children of decisively damage, but the clinging plaster will not work.
“Only a strong and more effective online Safety Act will eventually change the dial on the basically unsafe products and business models that prefer engagement on security.”
The online security act has been passed in the law, and from this year users will need technical platforms to follow the new-issued code of practice online, especially to keep children safe.
Hefty fines and site obstacles are punishment for those who have been caught breaking the rules, but many critics have argued that the approach gives a lot of scope for the tech firms to regulate themselves.
Mr. Kyle was asked on Sunday morning whether he would see the time being spent on social media up to two hours per app on social media after Sunday. People And Mirror told that this remedy was being considered by ministers.
“I could not publicly talk about what Labor The approach is that we have a heritage law that is already undergoing, ”he told the BBC Sunday with Laura Kunsberg show.
“This year we have illegal material that needs to be taken down, but in July age-appointed materials should be supplied by platforms otherwise there will be criminal sanctions against them.
“And in this time, we are looking very carefully about what we do next.”
It was pressurized whether he was looking at an “app cap”, Mr. Kyle said: “I am looking at things that prevent healthy activity, I am looking at some addicted nature of some apps and smartphones.
“I am trying to think about how we can break some addictive behavior and encourage more of healthy development … and also the good dialogues of online life.”
