Road to victory Campaign won support from experts, charities and ministers
June 2018
The Telegraph launches the campaign with a raft of experts and charities backing a statutory responsibility for tech companies to protect children, a concept with a long history in British law.
September 2018
Our investigation finds that Instagram’s algorithm was promoting more self-harm content to young people who had already liked such images, prompting condemnation from children’s charities.
February 2019
The Telegraph reveals proposals by Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner, for a new duty of care law for social media companies, backed up by multimillion pound fines for breaches.
February 2019
The Church of England throws its weight behind the Duty of Care campaign, saying that children should be afforded the same levels of protection online as they have in the real world.
February 2019
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri backs Duty of Care and admits the firm has to take more responsibility for removing harmful content, after Molly Russell’s father accused the firm of “helping to kill” her.
February 2019
The NSPCC makes its own proposals for a duty of care law in which it suggests that senior executives of tech giants should be held personally liable for breaches and face potential jail time.
March 2019
The Telegraph confirms that the Government is planning to implement a legal duty of care on tech giants to be enforced by an independent regulator with far-reaching powers, including prosecuting bosses.