Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 5 Live,16 Feb 2026,5 mins

Is big tech harming our kids?

Voice of the UK

Available for over a year

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to respond more quickly to close loopholes in laws designed to protect children online. The prime minister said while the government had "won" the "battle" with X - after threatening the platform with action over its AI assistant Grok creating non-consensual sexual deepfakes - it was now time to do the same with "all AI bots". Sir Keir said no online platform will get a "free pass" over the issue of children's online safety as he promised to "crack down on the addictive elements of social media". Nicky Campbell asks listeners: Is big tech harming our kids?

Programme Website
More episodes
Trending Now