Upcoming planned legislation to regulate online spaces is returning, the British government confirmed.
On Thursday, Commons leader and Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt outlined the forthcoming parliamentary business in the House of Commons, which included a date for the Online Safety Bill.
Its remaining stages are due to be provisionally debated on Dec. 5.
The bill would force the likes of Google, Twitter, and Meta to abide by a code of conduct, overseen by communications regulator Ofcom, and remove “legal but harmful” content.
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Regulating Online Spaces
The bill was put on hold during the Tory leadership race in the summer, and then was repeatedly pushed back under former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak….