Overview
- Debbie Duncan and Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith are convening MPs and ministers to discuss how to bring Jay’s Law before Parliament.
- An official parliamentary petition launched in September seeks 100,000 signatures to secure a Commons debate on the proposal.
- The plan would require social platforms to remove false, malicious and speculative content directed at grieving relatives and give Ofcom powers to sanction failures.
- Duncan reports persistent online abuse and says takedowns are slow or easily evaded by repeat accounts, underscoring gaps in current oversight.
- An inquest found Jay Slater died accidentally after a fall, yet conspiracy content continues, with a recent Channel 4 documentary highlighting similar trolling of the Bulley and McCann families.