U.K. Sets Out Law to Prosecute Bosses in Big Tech Crackdown
- Online Harms Bill to be seen by lawmakers in full on Thursday
- Ministers want more done to tackle adult and illegal content
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The U.K. is introducing long-awaited and sweeping legal proposals to force internet companies to remove illegal content from their platforms, giving regulator Ofcom power to impose massive fines and prosecute executives personally for failures to comply.
Although its central aims and numerous revisions have been in circulation since 2019, the Online Safety Bill will be presented for lawmakers to see in full this Thursday, after a first formal draft was published in May.