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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Parents of children who died in circumstances linked to social media and gaming have accused the government of "watering down" online safety laws.
In June, the government announced plans to give coroners new powers to access information on bereaved families' loved ones held by tech companies, where there is a reasonable suspicion that the online world is relevant to their deaths.
In a letter to Ms Donelan, sent at the end of November, Bereaved Families for Online Safety said they had been "gratified and moved" by the government's original commitment in June, with many of them travelling to parliament to see it announced.
The data bill will be debated in the House of Lords on Tuesday, where Baroness Kidron, a filmmaker turned online safety campaigner, is leading the pressure on the government to back down.
Antony Walker, the deputy CEO of techUK, which represents technology companies, said: "Access to data to support investigations is important and we want to ensure that the law allows for this."
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