Priti Patel accuses Facebook of putting profits before children’s safety, as she says tech giants have a “moral duty” to prevent abuse.
The Home Secretary will take the unusual step of singling out Facebook for its “unacceptable” plans to encrypt all messages, which she says will hamper law enforcement agencies’ ability to prevent “abhorrent” online child abuse.
She will tell a conference of industry and child protection experts that Facebook and other social media platforms need to start treating children’s online safety as seriously as they do selling advertising, phones and online games.
Her comments comes as the Government prepares to unveil its draft duty of care legislation to force social media platforms to do more to protect children from online harms including suicide, self-harm and bullying.
Priti Patel will on Monday accuse Facebook of putting profits before children’s safety, as she says tech giants have a “moral duty” to prevent abuse.
The Home Secretary will take the unusual step of singling out Facebook for its “unacceptable” plans to encrypt all messages, which she says will hamper law enforcement agencies’ ability to prevent “abhorrent” online child abuse.
She will tell a conference of industry and child protection experts that Facebook and other social media platforms need to start treating children’s online safety as seriously as they do selling advertising, phones and online games.
Her comments comes as the Government prepares to unveil its draft duty of care legislation to force social media platforms to do more to protect children from online harms including suicide, self-harm and bullying.