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18 February 2026

Enhancing online safety for children – Jamie Hurworth for Forbes and Solicitors Journal

Defamation, privacy, and reputation management expert Jamie Hurworth, Senior Associate at Payne Hicks Beach LLP, featured in Forbes and Solicitors Journal commenting on the government’s aim to enhance online safety for children by regulating VPN use and chatbots.

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Jamie’s comments have been reproduced below with kind permission.


Jamie stated: Until the government addresses VPN regulation head-on, certain offences in the Online Safety Act can be sidestepped relative ease. But waiting for Parliament alone is not enough. Accountability must extend across the entire digital ecosystem – from platforms that design and deploy these systems, to regulators tasked with enforcement, and to intermediaries that enable anonymity – or we risk creating a framework that looks robust on paper but proves porous in practice, leaving children exposed and enforcement powerless.


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