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Keir Starmer: “When you look through their social media, they've been…”

Featuring: Keir Starmer, Labour | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | International

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Published | Video Starts at 23:27

We've got some measures which are there to protect children, in particular from sites like suicide sites. We've had too many cases in the United Kingdom of young children taking their own lives. And When you look through their social media, they've been accessing sites which talk about suicide and encouraging if you like children down that road. And that is what we want to stop. Nothing about censoring free speech. This country is a proud free speech in this country. Has been for a very long time. (23:27–23:40)

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