Ofcom 'should be bolder' in regulating big tech

The father of Molly Russell has called on Ofcom to be "far bolder" on regulating technology companies after he met the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey.

Ian Russell said big tech firms were "heading in the wrong direction", adding that he thought it was their bosses who were "resistant to change".

Speaking to BBC Breakfast yesterday, he said: "The world is waking up and realising that unless it starts to regulate big tech, nothing is going to change.

"What we need in the UK is for Ofcom, who is the regulator appointed by the Government, to take the powers of the Online Safety Act, to put them in place we need Ofcom to be far bolder."