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CRITICALUKAdded 2025-03-11
Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK Government
Freedom Threat Index69%
SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS
Profile
UK Science Secretary who would hold direct executive powers under Olivia Bailey's proposed legislation to restrict children's access to digital services. If the bill passes, Kendall would gain ministerial authority — exercisable without further primary legislation — to ban children of specified ages from social media platforms and chatbots, restrict addictive platform features, limit children's VPN use, and raise the age of digital consent. These powers would make her one of the most consequential individual decision-makers over internet access in the UK.
Key Actions & Positions
Designated recipient of sweeping executive powers over children's social media access under Bailey's proposed bill
Would hold power to ban children from entire platforms or chatbot services by ministerial order
Powers include restricting children's VPN use — a tool widely used to bypass internet content blocks
Can restrict or limit "harmful or addictive" platform features by executive decision, without parliamentary vote
Would control the age of digital consent in the UK, adjustable by ministerial order
Tags
children-onlinesocial-media-banage-verificationVPN-restrictionexecutive-powersdigital-consent
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