Non-compliant technology platforms would face financial penalties.
Signal boss Meredith Whittaker has been talking to me about this - rejecting the idea of ‘scanning systems’ that purportedly detect nude images. Easily weaponised by governments, she says, for political speech and other content https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-09/uk-s-starmer-to-announce-under-16s-social-media-ban-within-days?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTA5NTQ2MCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzAwMjYwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0NSM0tLSzNOWTkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwMTEwMTAyNzBCMEY0QjI2OUM2MDlFREUwNERCMUY1RCJ9.1PpEbA1OZzApBxLMNvHMUKoY2kD30sGHZIIVerV9AvQ
Non-compliant technology platforms would face financial penalties.