{"id":35225,"date":"2023-09-29T17:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/online-safety-bill-set-to-soon-become-law-in-uk"},"modified":"2023-09-29T17:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:46:18","slug":"online-safety-bill-set-to-soon-become-law-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/online-safety-bill-set-to-soon-become-law-in-uk","title":{"rendered":"Online Safety Bill set to soon become law in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The Online Safety Bill, the government\u2019s attempt to protect children and adults online, passed its final -parliamentary debate Tuesday. Defining it as \u201cthe most powerful child protection laws in a generation,\u201d the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said in a statement it has been signed off by the Houses of Parliament and will soon become law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill will make the UK the safest place in the world to be online by placing new duties on social media companies \u2013 honouring our manifesto commitment,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the bill takes \u201ca zero-tolerance approach\u201d to protecting children and will make social media companies more responsible for users\u2019 safety on their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they do not act rapidly to prevent and remove illegal content and stop children seeing material that is harmful to them, such as bullying, they will face significant fines that could reach billions of pounds,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, their bosses may even face prison.<br \/>\nDefining the bill as \u201ca game-changing piece of legislation,\u201d Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan highlighted its importance to make the UK a safer place in the world to be online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt puts protecting children first, enabling us to catch keyboard criminals and crack down on the heinous crimes they seek to commit,\u201d she added in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The Online Safety Bill, the government\u2019s attempt to protect children and adults online, passed its final -parliamentary debate Tuesday. 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