The UK’s Online Safety Bill is introduced in Parliament today, the bill is designed to protect people online, especially young people and children. The bill is introduced by the british government.
Social networks and other websites can face fines if they don’t remove harmful content from their platforms, their CEOs can also face legal action and even go to jail.
The online safety bill marks an important step in the fight for a new digital age that is safer for users and holds tech giants accountable. It will protect children from harmful content like pornography and limit people’s exposure to illegal content, while protecting freedom of expression.
This will require social media platforms, search engines, and other apps and websites that allow people to post their own content to protect children, combat illegal activity, and comply with established terms and conditions.
Regulator Ofcom will have the power to fine non-compliant companies up to 10 per cent of their annual global turnover, force them to improve their practices and block non-compliant sites.
Today, the government is announcing that executives whose companies fail to cooperate with Ofcom’s information requests could now face prosecution or imprisonment within two months of the bill coming into force, instead of the two years as previously stated. wrote earlier.
You can find more details of the new Online Safety Bill being introduced in the UK at the link below.
The fountain gov.uk
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