UK Government Strengthens Online Safety Act to Combat Revenge Porn
New regulations will require social media platforms to proactively prevent and remove non-consensual intimate images, with heavy fines for non-compliance.
- The Online Safety Act will classify the sharing of non-consensual intimate images, or 'revenge porn,' as a priority offence.
- Social media companies must take proactive measures to prevent such content from appearing on their platforms.
- Platforms will face fines up to 10% of their worldwide revenue if they fail to comply with the new regulations.
- The government aims to drive the development of technologies that keep people safer online and tackle the normalization of misogynistic material.
- The changes are expected to come into force from spring next year, placing safety as a primary concern for social media firms.
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