the Sexual Offences Act be amended to include cyberflashing – when someone sends an unsolicited

to the teenage girl on February 9. Cyberflashing became an offence in England and Wales on January

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But digital rights groups say it threatens online privacy and freedom of speech.... Here's a closer look at Britain's law: The sprawling piece of legislation has been in the works since 2021. The new law requires social media platforms to take down illegal content, including child sexual abuse, hate speech and terrorism, revenge porn and posts promoting self-harm.... They also will have to stop such content from appearing in the first place and give users more controls, including blocking anon

Boris Johnson’s government will stop Silicon Valley chiefs being the “ supreme arbiters ” of freedom of speech online, culture secretary Nadine Dorries has claimed. Lambasting the “ unelected ” leaders of US tech giants, Ms Dorries vowed that the online safety bill would help strip them of the power to decide who is “ cancelled ” and “ silenced ”.... “ Unelected Silicon Valley execs have become some of the most powerful people in the world, ” the cabinet minister wrote on ConservativeHome ahead

The Government’s long-awaited proposals for new internet safety laws that will require tech firms and social media platforms to prevent users from being exposed to harmful content have reached the key milestone of being introduced to Parliament after a number of major updates. The Online Safety Bill, which has been in progress for around five years, will see Ofcom as a new regulator for the sector and with the power to fine companies or block access to sites that fail to comply with the new rule