1/. 2010–2017: No regulation at all. For years, Conservative governments relied on voluntary codes from big business tech companies - they have always been good like that. .No age-verification. No duty of care. No penalties for harmful content, yet was the period when self-harm communities, grooming scandals and algorithm-driven harm exploded.

2/. 2018: Public pressure rises — still no law. After the Molly Russell case, the government said it was “considering” regulation. Nothing was introduced.

3/. 2019: Online Harms White Paper The first official document acknowledging the problem — but: no age ban, no enforcement, no regulator. It was a consultation, not a solution.

4/. 2020–2022: Four years of delay. The Online Safety Bill was rewritten, stalled and deprioritised.

Meanwhile, child suicide concerns rose and harmful content spread unchecked.

5/. 2023: Online Safety Act finally passed — but weak. After nearly half a decade, the Act arrived with: NO BAN FOR UNDER -16s, no universal age-verification, no criminal liability for harmful design, no requirement to remove self-harm content unless illegal. Children’s charities and bereaved families said it didn’t go far enough.

6/. 2024 THE YEAR THEY KNEW THEY WE GOING TO BE KICKED OUT: For the first time Conservatives call for a ban. Only after leaving government did senior Conservatives begin calling for: under-16 bans, mandatory age-verification, criminal penalties for tech executives. These proposals did not exist during their 14 years in power.

The Express frames today’s call as leadership — but the EXPRESS calls it 16 years too late. Badenoch calls for leadership - but she calls it 16 years too late.

1/. why it wasn’t introduced when the party had the power and the media had the ability too

2/. why bereaved families spent years begging for action and the media had the duty too

3/. why the Online Safety Act was delayed for nearly half a decade but the billionaires didn't want them too

4/. why the current proposals only appeared after leaving office - because this was the time to do it

Badenoch's record is: There is no record of Kemi Badenoch calling for: a ban on social media for under-16s, mandatory age-verification, criminal penalties for platforms, during her time as:

Equalities Minister

Treasury Minister

Trade Secretary

Business Secretary

Her position changed only after 2024

GB2GB exists to put the missing context back into public view.

This is just yet ANOTHER right wing anti-United Kingdom newspaper conducting its 16 year crusade to destroy the UNITED Kingdom and replace it with a MULTI-BILLIONAIRE OWNED Kingdom.

JUST HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THE PUBLIC PUT UP WITH THIS 'BADENOCH/FARAGE ASSAULT

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