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MPs to debate Jools Law to allow bereaved parents access to children's social media

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Jools Sweeney was 14 when he was found unconscious at home in April 2022 .

His mother Ellen Roome suspects he may have taken part in an online challenge.

She has spent two years trying to get access to his social media accounts but says tech companies have made it "very difficult" Her petition to allow bereaved parents or guardians to access a child's full social media history attracted 126,000 signatures, known as Jools Law .

Digital Information and Data Bill to be passed this year would compel social media companies to retain data in cases where a child has died, so a coroner can request it.

But Ms Roome is worried it would not compel coroners and police to request the data.

"I don't want any other family to be in the position I am two-and-a-half years after my son's death," she said.

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