UK police bosses say unsafe social media platforms should be blocked for under-16s
The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.
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"Our assessment is clear: the online environment in its current form is not safe for children."
— Graeme Biggar , Executive
"The online sphere had become something of a wild west in which law and regulation had failed to keep up with the pace of technology."
— Gavin Stephens , Executive
"Our assessment is clear: the online environment in its current form is not safe for children."
— Graeme Biggar , Executive
"In every other walk of everyday life there are laws and safeguards in place to protect children."
— Gavin Stephens , Executive
"the internet is a 'wild west' where regulation just has not kept up."
— Gavin Stephens , Executive
"our assessment is clear: the online environment in its current form is not safe for children"
— Graeme Biggar , Executive
"the online sphere had become 'something of a wild west' in which law and regulation had 'failed to keep up with the pace of technology'"
— Gavin Stephens , Executive
"the government of being slow to enact the measure"
— Jess Phillips , Politician
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The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.
The NPCC and NCA state that the current online environment is unsafe for children under 16 and call for restrictions on access to platforms with high-risk features.
UK law enforcement urges that children under 16 be blocked from accessing social media, gaming apps, or AI that fail to disable high-risk features.
UK police chiefs call for children to be blocked from accessing social, AI, and gaming apps that do not disable high-risk features such as private messaging.
NCA and NPCC leaders emphasize the need for restrictions on under-16s' access to unsafe online platforms to protect children from harmful online offenders.
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