Online Safety Bill

The Online Safety Act 2023 is a law passed by the UK Parliament on October 26, 2023, regulating online speech and media. It gives the Secretary of State the power to designate and suppress content deemed "harmful" and requires online platforms to scan for child pornography, despite concerns over user privacy. The act also creates a duty of care for online platforms, obliges them to preserve access to journalistic and democratic content, and grants significant powers to the secretary of state to direct Ofcom, the media regulator.learn more on wikipedia