Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to regulate AI chatbots under the Online Safety Act to protect children from potentially harmful content. The proposals aim to close loopholes in existing legislation by requiring tech companies to preserve digital data in child death cases and banning addictive design features like infinite scrolling for users under 16. Coroners would also be empowered to demand data from social media platforms, preventing the deletion of information potentially relevant to online harms inquiries.

Starmer pledges crackdown on 'addictive elements' of social media - BBC News