Compassion in Politics
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To: Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Liz Kendall
Starmer: Make Big Tech Pay
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We call for urgent emergency legislation that makes social media and AI platforms legally and financially responsible for the harm they cause. It is time to end the loophole that treats tech giants as "neutral hosts" while actively publishing and promoting dangerous content for profit. Big Tech must finally pay the price for the damage they inflict on our mental health, safety, and democracy.
Why is this important?
Just days ago, Elon Musk used his massive platform X to fan the flames of violence on UK streets — by personally amplifying dangerous lies, and offering far-right thugs a powerful digital megaphone to organise masked mobs in Belfast, destroying local businesses and leaving foreign-born NHS heroes barricaded in their homes. Then, that same week, Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.
Keir Starmer’s big fix? A social media ban for under-16s that barely scratches the surface. Australia's ban shows it's a useless, unworkable sticking plaster. Worse, it lets tech bosses off the hook for the damage they cause to our mental health, safety, and democracy.
Right now, tech giants hide behind a huge legal loophole. They claim they are just "neutral hosts," not publishers, pretending they don't choose or push what we see. But they do. Their algorithms are designed to promote outrage and conspiracy because that’s what makes these unaccountable tech billionaires richer — leaving everyday citizens to foot the bill for the real-world damage they cause.
We can blow this loophole apart. Cross-party MPs have just signed a letter to the Prime Minister demanding emergency laws to make these tech bosses legally and financially liable when they cause harm. If thousands of us back them right now, we can force the PM to act.
Sign the urgent petition to the PM to demand he holds Big Tech accountable – before we deliver it to No 10.
