Mum seeking answers over son’s death says social media firms ‘don’t give a damn’ | News UK [Video]

A mum desperately searching for answers after her son’s death has hit out at social media firms refusing her access to his accounts, saying they ‘don’t give a damn’.

Ellen Roome, 48, believes her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney’s death in April 2022 could have been an online challenge gone wrong.

She said Jools’s profiles ‘could shed light’ on how he died but the tech giants have refused to let her into them, insisting she needs a court order to do so.

Ms Roome has been campaigning for ‘Jools’ Law’ to give parents the right to access their children’s online activity after they die, and the issue is set to be debated in Parliament on Monday.

The businesswoman, from Cheltenham, said she is particularly interested in Jools’s Instagram and TikTok accounts because he did ‘a lot of’ challenges which are frequently shared on the platforms.

Asked how companies have acted after her requests for data, she …