Tech and Regulation

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Online abusers and trolls could be jailed for five years

Criminal offences have been added to the Online Safety Bill to punish those who deliberately share threatening and harmful messages.

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Cross-party MPs are working together to finally hold social media companies to account through the Online Safety Bill.

By Damian Collins MP

Two-thirds of influencers’ ads on Instagram are not clearly labelled – regulation must keep up, says the tech minister.

By Sarah Dawood

MPs are urging government to take online scams seriously by legislating victim compensation and penalties for tech platforms.

By Sarah Dawood

Governments need to wake up to the fact that the responsibility for using tech rests with them.

By Robert Buckland and Ben Jafari

The DCMS select committee is calling on Big Tech platforms to compensate people who have been tricked by fake advertising.

By Sarah Dawood

Government is being urged to make sending unsolicited sexual images a crime as ministers revise the Online Safety Bill.

By Sarah Dawood

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