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The draft Online Safety Bill will require social media and other platforms to clamp down on abuse or face tough penalties.

Ofcom will have the power to fine social media firms and block access to sites under new “landmark” internet laws aimed at tackling abusive and harmful content online. The Government published the draft Online Safety Bill, which it says will help keep children safe online and combat racism and other abuse. The Bill will require social media and other platforms to remove and limit harmful content, with large fines for failing to protect users. The Government has also included a deferred power making senior managers at firms criminally liable for failing to follow a new duty of care, which ...

Ofcom will have the power to fine social media firms and block access to sites under new “landmark” internet laws aimed at tackling abusive and harmful content online. The Government published the draft Online Safety Bill, which it says will help keep children safe online and combat racism and other abuse. The Bill will require social media and other platforms to remove and limit harmful content, with large fines for failing to protect users. The Government has also included a deferred power making senior managers at firms criminally liable for failing to follow a new duty of care, which ...

Ofcom will have the power to fine social media firms and block access to sites under new “landmark” internet laws aimed at tackling abusive and harmful content online. The Government published the draft Online Safety Bill, which it says will help keep children safe online and combat racism and other abuse. The Bill will require social media and other platforms to remove and limit harmful content, with large fines for failing to protect users. The Government has also included a deferred power making senior managers at firms criminally liable for failing to follow a new duty of care, which ...