Online Safety Act to be tightened on self-harm exposure
Technology platforms should be forced by laws to find and stop the content that suffers self -harm to adults and children in order to increase online security.
It will clarify whether the change of strengthening the Online Security Act is not optional for social media companies to rapidly act quickly to protect users from “toxic materials”.
He said that such a content is so harmful that the difference between life and death ”.
Legally, the change, which wants technology firms to prevent such content from appearing in the first place instead of reacting, is expected to enter into force this autumn and means that serious self -harm or helping will be considered as a priority crime.
Molly, his 14 -year -old daughter, Molly, who saw the harmful content on social media, welcomed the Molly Rose Foundation, founded by my old father Ian Russell, and welcomed the strengthening of the action.
Andy Burrows, the General Manager of the Charitable Organization, said: “To force and grooming for young people to harm themselves are now in front of the risk of online self -harm.
“The Molly Rose Foundation has been demanding that the self -harmful crimes for a long time be accepted as a priority damage under the Online Security Law, so we strongly welcome the government’s action against this rapidly increasing threat.
“Ofcom should act quickly and firmly to respond to the threat of online self -harm crimes, otherwise the most vulnerable children will continue to be exposed to indeed inferior but preventive damage.”
Repeating this, Samaritans said that the communication regulator should use it to calculate their forces, so that we should be able to save more life lost from suicide ”.
Kendall said: “This government is determined to keep people safe online. The inferiority content that encourages self -harm continues to be pushed into social media and can potentially mean heart -breaking results for families throughout the country.
“Our developed guards are not an option for social media companies that take steps immediately to protect users from the toxic material that may be the difference between life and death.”
