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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Eleni Courea

Don’t weaken online safety laws for UK-US trade deal, campaigners urge

A child viewing social media on a smartphone
The crossbench peer Beeban Kidron said voters could not conceive Labour would ‘trade child safety for crumbs from Trump’s table’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Child safety campaigners have warned the government against watering down landmark online laws as part of a UK-US trade deal, describing the prospect of a compromise as an “appalling sellout” that would be rejected by voters.

A draft transatlantic trade agreement contains commitments to review enforcement of the Online Safety Act, according to a report on Thursday, amid White House concerns the legislation poses a threat to free speech.

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