Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell vows to target algorithms that bombard children with harmful content if party wins power
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Tough new laws that would protect children from being bombarded with seriously harmful online material, will be introduced as a top priority of a
Labour government.
After meeting families who have lost children as a result of exposure to harmful content, the shadow culture secretary, Lucy Powell, has won the backing of party leader Keir Starmer to legislate as one of the first acts of a Labour government, if the party wins the next
election.