Overview
- Speaking alongside bereaved parents in Westminster, Kemi Badenoch urged a ban focused on platforms that let strangers message children directly.
- She framed the push as a digital counter‑revolution and said age policing would be simpler than policing content across apps.
- Parents campaigning with Families for Social Media Safety backed the call and pressed the government to move faster to protect children.
- Badenoch accused major tech firms of profiting from children's data and argued parents cannot be expected to police global platforms without state action.
- She cited personal steps such as removing YouTube from her TV and banning her nine‑year‑old from Roblox over chat concerns, while urging a wider debate on phones and AI in schools.