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UK online safety enforcement being delayed and mishandled, campaigner Kidron says

By Patricia Figueiredo ( April 9, 2026, 16:09 GMT | Comment) -- UK regulators' handling of children’s data and enforcement of the Online Safety Act deserves criticism, prominent UK lawmaker Beeban Kidron has said, while warning of a government push for overly broad legislative powers. As parliament prepares for renewed clashes over child safety online, the campaigning legislator told MLex that the UK is "taking cues" from the US and Australia, instead of championing its own policies.A lean by the UK public toward a ban on children using social media stems from weak regulatory enforcement and a failure by the government to use existing powers to secure children’s data and control the design of online platforms, veteran UK lawmaker and campaigner Beeban Kidron has said....

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