UK PM gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children's phones
tompagenet2
17 points
7 comments
June 08, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
emayljames
Sigh! Once again they are pushing something they don't understand the impact of. It sounds great on paper, they can pretend they have done something. The reality is, the overreaching age gating they enforced, resulted in a lot of parents needing to set stuff to adult settings, because like this, the government doesn't have a clue what they are doing
basisword
Isn’t this something already implemented on Apple devices a few years ago? Where potentially sensitive images received are blocked until reviewed by a parent.
nickslaughter02
A police state is gonna police.
tombot
Not sure why this has ended up preferable to a smartphone ban for under 16? Surely we could decide to sell dumber devices that allow communication without internet and image sharing / capture?