UK Parliament Passes Online Safety Bill

The UK passes massive online safety bill

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The UK’s Online Safety Bill is ready to become law. The bill, which aims to make the UK “the safest place in the world to be online,” passed through the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday and imposes strict requirements on large social platforms to remove illegal content. It will be enforced by UK telecom regulatory agency Ofcom. Additionally, the Online Safety Bill mandates new age-checking measures to prev…

UK finally passes landmark Online Safety Bill

Britain’s long-awaited Online Safety Bill setting tougher standards for social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok has been agreed by parliament and will soon become law, the government said on Tuesday. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan said the bill was a “game-changing” piece of legislation. “Today, this government is taking an enormous step forward in our mission to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online,”…

UK Parliament Passes Online Safety Bill

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services -- establishing the comms watchdog Ofcom as the main Internet regulator -- has been passed by parliament today, paving the way f...

UK Parliament Passes Controversial 'Online Safety Bill'

The U.K. Parliament has passed the much delayed Online Safety Bill on Tuesday, despite vocal criticisms by virtually all digital rights and free speech organizations and advocates.