Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have issued a statement after the UK Government announced plans to change rules on how children's social media data is stored under the Crime and Policing Bill, after the Jools' Law campaign. Ellen Roome, from Gloucestershire, set up the campaign after the death of her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney.
She believes he died while attempting an online challenge in 2022, and she is one of a group of British parents suing TikTok in the US. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex hailed Ellen's campaigning to ensure "no other parent faces the same barriers she did".
Commending her hard work, the couple said in a statement on their official sussex.com website: "Today, that persistence became law. The UK government has announced it will table amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, making Jools’ Law a reality. It will automatically preserve children’s social media data when they die and give bereaved parents direct access—no court orders, no corporate gatekeeping. It’s the first law of its kind anywhere in the world."
