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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Labour MPs who found loophole in Government's online harms bill targeted for abuse

Labour MPs found a loophole in the Government's online harms bill that would grant legal protection far-right extremists - and were targeted for horrific abuse.

They raised concerns about the “media exemption” in the forthcoming bill, which means social media firms don’t have to remove content published by news publishers.

But it’s feared far-right extremists and conspiracy theory websites, including Tommy Robinson, Rebel Media and others, would also be covered under the exemption.

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