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Evening Standard
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Martyn Landi

Online Safety Act ‘missing vital opportunity’ on suicide content

Samaritans said the Act does not go far enough (PA) - (PA Wire)

Dangerous suicide and self-harm content will remain online despite the introduction of the Online Safety Act because of “big gaps around high risk content”, Samaritans has said.

The charity’s policy and influencing lead said online safety regulator Ofcom is currently choosing to “ignore” advice from safety groups around how it decides which websites are in scope of the new rules.

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