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

‘Making the digital streets safe’: Calls for greater protection for women online

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The online safety bill will require tech firms to proactively tackle illegal content and behaviour such as cyberstalking and revenge pornography. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Social media platforms would be required to follow regulatory guidelines protecting women and girls from online abuse under an amendment to the online safety bill tabled this week.

The proposed change would require Ofcom, the communications watchdog, to issue a code of practice on preventing violence against women and girls that social media platforms would have to follow when implementing their duties under the bill.

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