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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked

Tech firms will be ordered to remove “revenge porn” within 48 hours or risk being fined or banned from the UK under proposed laws announced by ministers.

Through an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, the government will make it a legal requirement for companies to take down intimate images shared without a victim's consent no more than 48 hours after it is flagged to them.

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