Policy and Influencing
Technology plays a role in at least one in four deaths by suicide among young people aged 10 to 19, and we now lose a young person to technology-influenced suicide every single week.
Across the country, children and families are being left to experience the devastating consequences of inaction from tech firms. Although progress has been made, urgent and decisive action is still needed to build and strengthen legislative and regulatory guardrails that can turn the tide on preventable online harm.
Our policy work sets out to,
Our Roadmap for a better online future sets out a five-point plan to deliver meaningful change and attract the confidence and support of parents, children, and civil society experts.
We launched our Roadmap in Westminster in 2026 – watch event video below.
Urgent and decisive action is needed to address the preventable harm faced by young people on social media, gaming platforms, messaging services and AI chatbots.
Ian Russell has written to the Prime Minister urging him to go beyond a blanket ban and make safety and wellbeing the price for entry to the UK market.
Research briefing with the results of a large-scale polling on young people in Australia as to the efficacy of the social media ban (April 2026)
Resources to give MPs a clear and practical way to understand what matters most to the people they represent and to make sure their views help shape the next steps in online safety.
A 2026 research briefing showing strong support from the UK public for new legislation to protect young people on social media.
Read policy briefing providing an overview of Molly Rose Foundation’s five-point plan laid out in our Roadmap for a better online future.
We are dedicated to ensuring that children and young people are protected from online harm to bring an end to preventable deaths by suicide where technology plays a role.
The watchdog also said it will apply for a court order to block the forum in the UK if its concerns are not addressed.
A letter, signed by over 1,300 Molly Rose Foundation supporters, was hand delivered to Number 10.
Molly Rose Foundation warns it would be a ‘high stakes gamble’ for the UK to implement an Australia-style ban at this stage.