Social media boycott 'may be only way to protect children'

Police’s top child protection officer says fines would be ‘drop in the ocean’ to tech firms

A public boycott of social media may be the only way to force companies to protect children from abuse, the country’s leading child protection police officer has said.

Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on child protection, said tech companies had abdicated their duty to safeguard children and were only paying attention due to fear of reputational damage.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/30eXYR9