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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Labour lays down challenge to Musk pledging to go after tech firms allowing online abuse on their sites

The Labour government has laid down a challenge to Elon Musk and other social media giants, promising to go after tech firms allowing online abuse on their platforms.

It comes as the government launches a new crackdown on explicit deepfakes, introducing a new offence meaning perpetrators could be charged for both creating and sharing these images.

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