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Prime minister makes announcement during speech at the start of London Tech Week Keir Starmer has announced that tech companies must stop children from sending or receiving naked images of themselves, or the government will change the law. In his speech, Starmer said:One issue is the ability for children with phones to send and receive nude images. For too long, people have been told that is simply the price of modern tech, that nothing can be done, that government is powerless, that parents...

Prime minister makes announcement during speech at the start of London Tech Week

Keir Starmer has announced that tech companies must stop children from sending or receiving naked images of themselves, or the government will change the law.

In his speech, Starmer said:

One issue is the ability for children with phones to send and receive nude images.

For too long, people have been told that is simply the price of modern tech, that nothing can be done, that government is powerless, that parents just have to accept it.

Half of all European tech investment in this country – that’s a profound achievement and it belongs to so many people in this room.

But that hasn’t happened by accident. Each one of those investments is an endorsement of British talent, of British industry, and of the approach that Britain is taking, approach that has in no small part been shaped by so many people in this room and by the conversations that we’ve had in the last two years.

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