Overview
- Ministers announced an amendment obliging platforms to preserve a deceased child’s account data and supply it to a coroner within five days.
- Campaigner Ellen Roome said Technology Secretary Liz Kendall phoned her at 4:15 a.m. to share the decision, calling the outcome bittersweet because it will not apply retroactively to her case.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch a three‑month consultation on further measures, including potential under‑16 restrictions, overnight curfews and safeguards for AI chatbots.
- Roome and other families continue litigation against TikTok over deaths linked to the so‑called blackout challenge; TikTok says it blocks such content, removes most violations proactively and must delete personal data under law.
- Prince Harry and Meghan publicly praised Roome’s efforts, saying the change will help bereaved families obtain answers about children’s online activity.