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The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has urged the government to pass a new law to clampdown on AI-generated videos of child murder victims.

James Bulger was out with his mum at a Merseyside shopping centre when he was abducted by two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, in 1993.

Kym Morris, the chairwoman of the James Bulger Memorial Trust, said the government could amend the Online Safety Act to include specific protections against harmful AI-generated content.

Ms Steinfeld said while we need to "avoid a knee-jerk reaction that puts everything in this terrible box", she had sympathy for James Bulger's mum.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard data from Wilkes' phone showed he had researched James Bulger's murder, rioting after the Southport killings and information about Aiden Fucci, ahead of the attack.