Sixteen bereaved parents sat in Parliament tonight and watched Labour MPs once again vote against our plan for a social media ban for under 16s and against removing smartphones from classrooms.

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Each of those parents has suffered an unimaginable loss due to social media taking their child’s life.

They are courageously fighting for change so that other families do not have to go through the same pain. 

These parents came to Parliament hoping the Government would finally act. Instead, Labour chose delay over action. 

What makes that decision even harder to understand is what happened only weeks earlier in the United States.

On 25 March 2026, a jury in Los Angeles delivered a landmark verdict against two social media giants.

They found the companies responsible for injuries suffered by a young woman throughout her childhood. The conclusion was clear.

These platforms were designed to be addictive. The risks to young people were known and the companies chose not to........

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