United Kingdom, Feb. 18 -- Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to move faster to close loopholes in laws designed to protect children online.

The prime minister has warned no platform will get a "free pass" as ministers prepare to tighten regulation of artificial intelligence chatbots and social media features.

Sir Keir added the government had "won" the "battle" with X after threatening action over its AI assistant Grok creating non-consensual sexual deepfakes, and that it was now time to take the same approach with "all AI bots".

The prime minister's intervention comes as ministers set out proposals to amend the Online Safety Act, which became law in 2023 but was drafted before the emergence of chatbots such as ChatGPT.

The plans include b...