Keir Starmer summons tech giants to No10 after powerful warning from families

Keir Starmer summons tech giants to No10 after powerful warning from familiesBereaved parents have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to take urgent action on social media - as MPs voted down a proposal to ban under 16s from accessing platformsCommentsNewsSophie Huskisson Political Correspondent22:30, 15 Apr 2026Updated 22:36, 15 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesThe PM has summoned tech giants into Downing Street(Image: James Veysey/Shutterstock)Bereaved parents have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to take urgent action on social media - as MPs voted down a proposal to ban under 16s from accessing platforms.‌The PM has summoned tech giants into Downing Street on Thursday as he said “looking the other way is not an option”.‌He will demand an update on progress on tackling online harms from bosses at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat, Google, which owns YouTube, TikTok and X.‌Mr Starmer said: “The consequences of failing to act are stark. We owe it to parents, and to the next generation, to put children’s safety first – because they won’t forgive us if we don’t.”But grieving parents whose children’s deaths are linked to social media criticised the Government’s lack of "decisive" action and warned it “risks being outmanoeuvred by the relentless pace of Big Tech”.Pressure is piling on the PM to ban social media for under 16s, with peers this evening forcing a second vote on the issue in the Commons within six weeks.‌READ MORE: TikTok boss confronted over teen's unexplained death and missing dataView 2 ImagesBereaved families handed in a letter to No10 calling for urgent action on social mediaMPs rejected the latest amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, with MPs voting 256 to 150.Last month, MPs voted 307 to 173 against the Lords proposal for an outright ban. One Labour MP John McDonnell previously rebelled against the Government to support a ban.‌The Government has not supported the amendments as it is currently consulting on a range of o...