Andy Burrows @_andyburrows
CEO @mollyroseorg / tech accountability / good trouble / ‘launcher of PDF missiles’ (Playbook) andyburrows.substack.com London, UK Joined January 2018-
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The father of Molly Russell has accused Sir @Keir_Starmer of “political opportunism” in rushing out plans to ban children from social media sites before Thursday’s Makerfield by-election @mollyroseorg @AndyBurnhamGM @_andyburrows @NSPCC @NSPCCChris @NSPCC_Press @5RightsFound @PoliceInspForum @DannyShawNews @DamianCollins @leicesterliz @ShabanaMahmood @LabourSJ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
A PM who seems to have done more planning for a leadership challenge than how to protect children from social media harm
After all the turmoil this weekend, intriguing to know from Starmer allies that PM has prepared bank account and a company, ready to fight a leadership contest - will his determination to fight still be there this time next week?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Very strong words ahead of expected social media ban from @mollyroseorg - Ian Russell tells us govt is rushing in a blanket ban, rather than more sophisticated controls, under political pressure, in a 'deplorable way'
Most Australian children have evaded the government’s ban on social media for under-16s, a new survey has found @_andyburrows @mollyroseorg @leicesterliz @DamianCollins @NSPCCChris @NSPCC @PoliceInspForum @BertinGabby @5RightsFound telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/1…
.@Keir_Starmer must not ban under-16s from social media before Australia has shown whether its scheme works, @Nigel_Farage has said @leicesterliz @wesstreeting @mollyroseorg @NSPCC @PoliceInspForum @_andyburrows telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Banning social media for under 16s will not work and could put children at greater risk of harm, the father of Molly Russell has said @leicesterliz @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @mollyroseorg @_andyburrows @NSPCC @5RightsFound @PoliceInspForum @DamianCollins @DannyShawNews @wesstreeting telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/1…
To ban or not to ban? me and @bbcpaddy are joined by @mollyrosefoundation 's Ian Russell as politicians seem to be warming up to the idea of banning social media for under 16s... his arguments are not what you might expect bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
An Australian-style social media ban on under-16s may not be a panacea for protecting children from harm online, campaigners have warned @Keir_Starmer @leicesterliz @_andyburrows @mollyroseorg @5RightsFound @DamianCollins @PoliceInspForum @DannyShawNews @peterkyle @InternetMatters @NSPCC @PeterWanless telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Tech accountability, 2025 edition
This is a great snapshot of what this whole debate is about:
This is a superb explainer ahead of tomorrow - the clearest explanation I’ve seen of why the UK’s productivity gap is a chokehold on our finances
📽️What on earth is "fiscal drag"? Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week? Why are Budgets getting ever more complex? And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles? All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇
@theobertram But equally important we’re looking out for unintended consequences- do malign actors migrate to gaming and other platforms currently out of scope? Does regulatory momentum dry up & safety-by-design wither on the vine? Are MH impacts really all net positive as proponents suggest?
@ObhishekSaha @Ofcom Hi Abhishek. The data on the deaths stemming from this forum come from one of your own @QMUL colleagues - it’s an interesting absolutist take to describe acting against a pro-suicide forum, founded by nihilists and linked to 133 deaths, as a ‘disgrace.’
UPDATE: @Ofcom now digging themselves further in knots, saying they acted on ‘new evidence’ that, if they were monitoring the forum properly, they’d have known was being bragged about on the forum all along. This is now raising serious questions about their competency.
On @SkyNews our CEO @_andyburrows says Ofcom must now use all the tools at their disposal to crack down on a pro-suicide forum. It comes after families said they were appalled and dismayed at Ofcom's handling of its investigation.
“It's so disheartening that politicians seem unable to learn the lessons from a decade of social media." - Our CEO @_andyburrows
'A predator in your home': Mothers say chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves bbc.in/47Gw18c
On @SkyNews our CEO @_andyburrows says Ofcom must now use all the tools at their disposal to crack down on a pro-suicide forum. It comes after families said they were appalled and dismayed at Ofcom's handling of its investigation.
Internal data shows that Meta expected to generate 10% of its overall revenue from scam ads. This company is out of control and is a threat to economic growth reuters.com/investigations…
Over 800 people joined our @mollyroseorg campaign to push for a public inquiry yesterday. Join them here: mollyrosefoundation.beaconforms.com/form/90ddb8e4
Online forums promoting suicide are still running despite being responsible for more than 130 deaths, survivors and bereaved families have told @Keir_Starmer @_andyburrows @mollyroseorg @PeterWanless @leicesterliz @PoliceInspForum @DannyShawNews telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/2…
@zamaan_qureshi @geoffreyfowler A cynic might suggest they make this stuff up as they go along
@sabriprovenzani I watched this yesterday in the throes of Covid and wondered if I was actually hallucinating. Wish I was, tbh!
Is this being done before or after the two-thirds of existing Teen Accounts features that fundamentally don’t work get fixed, Andy? Asking for tens of millions of parents.
As @instagram's Adam @mosseri said, "we've revamped all of our all of guidelines about what teens can and cannot see on Instagram in a way that is guided by the PG-13 rating that was pioneered by the movie industry."
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