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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo

TechScape: Finally, the UK’s online safety bill gets its day in parliament – here’s what you need to know

The online safety bill, which seeks to protect children from harmful content online, makes its way to Parliament on Tuesday.
The online safety bill, which seeks to protect children from harmful content online, makes its way to Parliament on Tuesday. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Underwhelming and unsurprising. Those were the words Molly Russell’s father used to describe the response of Meta, Pinterest and Snap to a series of recommendations from the coroner who presided over the inquest into his daughter’s death.

The online safety bill, which is debated in the UK parliament today (Tuesday) before moving to the House of Lords, has long been the focus of internet safety campaigners’ hopes, not industry self-reform.

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