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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety laws

A boy presses a laptop's  touchpad
Ofcom’s codes of conduct for platforms include hiding children’s online profiles and locations by default from users they do not know. Photograph: Jed Leicester/Rex/Shutterstock

Social media platforms face significant fines if they fail to implement robust measures in the UK to tackle illegal content, including fraud, terrorism, and child sexual abuse material, under new digital safety laws.

Tech companies must implement safeguards that take action against illegal harms such as encouraging suicide, extreme pornography and selling drugs.

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