"It's heartbreaking to witness young teens, especially girls, grappling with the overwhelming challenges posed by malicious online content, like deepfakes," the first lady said during a roundtable discussing the bill on 3 March.
Ministers feared these rulings and opinions would soon become a legally binding judgement by this UN tribunal.to identify the source of this legal threat, Healey said: "There's a range of international legal challenges and rulings against us.
"The most proximate, the most potentially serious, is the tribunal of the International Convention of the Sea."If the government lost a case there, ministers argue, the outside world would be obliged - by law - to take decisions that would interfere in the running of the base.So they argue Diego Garcia's satellite communications would be threatened because the UK relies on a UN authority in Geneva to get access to a particular electromagnetic spectrum.
They say contractors would refuse to visit the isolated base - to make repairs or deliver supplies - for fear of being sued by Mauritius.The ability to fly aircraft in and out might be challenged by international rules that govern our skies.
The government's critics – which include Conservative and Reform MPs, some foreign diplomats and even a few officials within Whitehall – challenge this argument and say the legal threat is being exaggerated.
They accuse ministers of being overly submissive to international lawyers and craven to politically motivated votes at the UN.The authorities had been trying to curb illegal mining, which the government said cost South Africa's economy $3.2bn (£2.6bn) in lost revenue last year.
They launched an operation called Vala Umgodi, or seal the hole, in December 2023, promising to take a tough stance on the gangs.As part of the operation, the police limited the amount of food and water that went down the Stilfontein mine to, as one minister put it, "smoke out" the illegal miners. Officials said the men were refusing to come out for fear of being arrested.
Soon footage began to emerge from within the mine showing dozens of emaciated men begging to be rescued, as well as rows of body bags. Eventually a court ordered the authorities to save the men.Among those brought up were many who said they were underage, but as a number of them were migrants without documents confirming how old they were, the authorities carried out medical tests to get an estimate.