The Online Safety Act doesn't go far enough according to Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly took her own life at the age of just 14, after seeing harmful content online. Approximately one young person a week dies and 85% of parents want stronger online legislation.
Also includes a report about the experience of Australia banning under 16's from social media as an ITV poll says that 86% of parents support this.
Possibly to get round the new restrictions, children are now reported to be using coded emojis to bully & insult others.
https://www.itv.com/watch/lorraine/1a9360/1a9360a3829
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Originally Posted by Sirius
The proof will be in the pudding, It may now be in force but let's see how many big tech companies get fined not some token small site that they use to proclaim it's working.
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By now, whatever their size, the vast majority of websites that contain user to user content will have completed what's required of them in order to comply with the new legislation. It's only those that haven't that leave themselves open to action being taken against them.
I do take your point that it always seems to be the little guy that they go after ie a sole trader is investigated for tax evasion, whilst some of the big companies seem to get away with paying very little, if any, tax.