Online Safety Bill: social media bosses to face jail if children aren’t protected

Social media bosses who repeatedly fail to protect children from online harms will face jail, after the Government was forced to head off a potential rebellion by Tory backbenchers.

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Under the changes to the Online Safety Bill, executives whose platforms fail to block content involving abuse, suicide and self harm could get two years in prison – a concession that prevents a potentially embarrassing Commons defeat for Rishi Sunak.
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Australian government could consider social media platforms as publishers, MP says | Insiders

David Speers interviews Communications Minister Paul Fletcher about new measures to crack down on social media giants.
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The government raised the alarm on online misinformation again this week, after Barnaby Joyce said his daughter was the subject of vicious trolling.

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