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Bereaved Cheltenham mum launches free online safety resource for children

New law ‘doesn’t go far enough’

New internet rules enforced from today - but this grieving mother is sceptical they will work

Bereaved families call for urgent change in law

Why are our kids risking their lives for clicks?

Parents unite to combat internet dangers for children

Bereaved Cheltenham mum launches free online safety resource for children

‘Click or Quit?’': Bereaved parents unite to launch free life-saving online safety resource for schools and families

Gloucestershire mum launches online safety resource for schools

For Jools: one mother’s fight for the truth about her son’s death

Max backs call for tighter social media controls for under-16s

Mother who fears her son died taking part in an online challenge battles for changes to the government's Data Bill​

'I want to understand why my son is not here'

Mother hopeful law change will allow other bereaved parents access to children's phone data

Bereaved mother 'drained' by campaign to change law

Bereaved mother continues fight for change in data laws after teenage son took his own life

Bereaved mum backs data disclosure law change

Let me see my son’s social media, bereaved mother demands

Bereaved parents demand tech firms 'protect children'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle join bereaved families demanding social media action

As UK families grieve, can one determined country stop social media from harming children?

UK families take case against TikTok over child deaths

VIRAL HORROR 

We’re suing TikTok to find out why our children died doing the ‘Black Out’ Challenge – we’ve been forced down this route

UK parents suing TikTok over children’s deaths ‘suspicious’ about data claims

Blow to Cheltenham mum looking to TikTok for answers over the death of her son

One woman’s quest to discover what led to the death of her son

Data of four dead British teens may have been removed, says TikTok

Mum seeking answers over son’s death says social media firms ‘don’t give a damn’

Parents suing TikTok over children’s deaths ‘want answers’

Bereaved mum looks for answers after son's death

Parents demand answers from TikTok after children’s tragic deaths

Exclusive group interview for BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg with the four British families suing TikTok for the alleged wrongful deaths of their children.

Cheltenham mum serves TikTok lawsuit

TikTok sued over 'viral blackout challenge deaths': Bereaved families say 'we just want answers' as they demand access to their children's social media accounts

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Parents suing TikTok over children's deaths say it 'has no compassion'

Bereaved families file US lawsuit against TikTok over access to children’s data

Parents sue TikTok over child deaths allegedly caused by ‘blackout challenge’

'We just want answers': TikTok sued by parents of UK teens who allegedly died in viral trend

TikTok sued by parents of UK teens after alleged challenge deaths

After son dies by ‘suicide’, mother battles social media giants for answers

Cheltenham mum battling Snapchat and Meta after son took life in 'online challenge'

BBC News - Parents 'should have access to kids' social media'

'I'm taking on Meta and Snapchat after my teen son died in sick challenge'

TEEN TRAGEDY 

My son, 14, died in online challenge gone wrong but it’ll cost me £86k to find out why – I’m BLOCKED from his account

What is Jools' Law and

why are MPs talking about it?

Bereaved mother brings battle to find out why her 14-year-old son died to Parliament

MPs to debate Jools Law to allow bereaved parents access to children's social media

Mum fears son, 14, died in social media challenge gone wrong - now she has one request

Jools’ Law: Mother battling social media firms for answers over son’s death urges MPs to act

TEEN TRAGEDY 

My son, 14, died in online challenge gone wrong but it’ll cost me £86k to find out why – I’m BLOCKED from his account

'Jools Law’ to be debated in Parliament

Gloucestershire mum's petition to change law on social media is being debated in parliament

Bereaved mother brings battle to find out why her 14-year-old son died to Parliament

Global support for world-first social media reform….British Mum applauds Australian age ban

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Bereaved mum's social media battle to be debated by MPs

BBC News - Lola McEvoy MP called Ms Roome "truly inspiring", adding: "What Ellen's been through is unimaginable for any parent and anybody in the country.

Grieving families go round in circles sorting out a complex web of accounts

‘I just want to understand why he died’: A mother’s battle to find out if social media played a role in her son’s final days

Online pranks are killing children – but is there any way to stop them?

Mother left not knowing why son, 14, died battles social media companies for answers

Heartbroken mum believes son died in online dare gone wrong

Exclusive: Instagram apologises for ‘ignoring’ requests from grieving mum for data that could relate to teen son’s death

UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media.

Petition for parents to access children's social media tops 100k

‘I want to know why my precious baby is no longer here’ mum’s heartbreaking plea to social media companies after teen’s tragic death

Family of teenager found dead at Gloucestershire home call for law to protect children

Cheltenham mum's campaign to change the law on social media goes to parliament.

Final push for petition to protect children

Parents call for law to protect children

Mother of Jools Sweeney, 14, who took his own life is fighting social media companies for his search