Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Reading after his killers shared harmful social media content.
The father of a boy whose murder was plotted on social media has said there should be "no more excuses" for delaying a new online safety bill.His parents have championed a new law aimed at stopping youngsters sharing harmful online content after it transpired his killers planned the attack on 11 social media platforms.
Stuart Stephens, Olly's father, was due to travel to Westminster on Monday to watch parliament debate theThe delay came after the legislation was also"Law changes aren't coming quick enough and children are dying because of it," he said.Image source,He added that the UK was "quite far behind" countries like Australia where similar legislation has already been passed.
"It's tragic story after tragic story on the news - and you can point your finger squarely at social media because without it a lot of this stuff wouldn't happen," he said.is one of the first attempts to lay down in law a set of rules about how online platforms should deal with content.Olly had got into a petty row with a group of teenagers who were not part of his social circle.
Two boys recruited a girl - all of whom were 13 at the time - who was used to lure Olly to Bugs Bottom fields in the Emmer Green area on 3 January 2021. Their trial heard how they all shared disturbing voice notes and content across 11 social media platforms ahead of the attack.
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