The Government has now announced that they will be creating an independent regulator (paid for by the tech companies) to oversee inappropriate content on the internet to make the UK "the safest place to be online on the globe".
Websites who break the rules could be blocked, face substantial fines and their senior management could be held personally liable for any failings.
A newly introduced 'duty of care' would require sites to deal with harmful content and become responsible for the safety of their users. There are also calls for annual transparency reports to show the statistics for harmful content and how they are addressing it.
These new rules will apply to any site of any size that allows users to share or discover user generated content or interact with each other and includes social media, file hosting sites, forums, messaging services and search engines:
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-08/...e-safety-laws/
A twelve week consultation will now take place before draft legislation is published.