Starmer tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children's phones

"This is not an impossible challenge. These are some of the most innovative companies in the world and I believe they can solve it."

— Sir Keir Starmer , Politician

"Today, I am calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce vice controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"It’s time to stop asking social media companies to make their products safe, and instead time to start requiring them to do so through regulation."

— Melanie Ward , Politician

"The only message that they’re going to listen to is if there’s legislation put before this house that is going to act and send a clear message to them."

— Clive Efford , Politician

"Firms will be expected to activate built-in features to stop children accessing sexually explicit images."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"we will change the law … when it comes to the safety of our children, standing by is not an option"

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"One issue is the ability for children with phones to send and receive nude images."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"This is not an impossible challenge. These are some of the most innovative companies in the world and I believe they can solve it."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"Legislation could cover operating system providers and others in the supply chain, such as retailers, and will not affect the use of devices owned and used by adults who verify their age."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"For too long, people have been told that is simply the price of modern tech, that nothing can be done, that government is powerless, that parents just have to accept it. I reject that completely, because tech should adapt to the needs of society, not the other way around."

— Sir Keir Starmer , Politician

"I’m glad that the government have announced this: the three-month window for Google and Apple to make all device and operating systems block the taking of naked images of children is perfectly possible."

— Jess Phillips , Politician

"One issue is the ability for children with phones to send and receive nude images."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"This is not an impossible challenge – these are some of the most innovative companies in the world. But if they choose not to, then we will act and change the law."

— Sir Keir Starmer , Politician

"I expect tech firms to make that happen. This is not an impossible challenge."

— Keir Starmer , Politician

"This will fail to address the underlying causes of online harm."

— Silkie Carlo , Activist