Offcom to apply basket to illegal content in the British social media

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Social media groups, search engines and messaging applications, next week, to quickly copy the illegal material and reduce the risk of content, said that England will take serious measures to include the new rules of the media guard.

In advance It will begin to apply new rules designed to protect Internet users from illegal content and harmful activities. Regulators and MPs, after stabbing mass stabbing in Southport, require additional power to stop the increase in extreme and false information.

Under England’s online security law (OSA), technological companies needed to understand the assessment of the risk of illegal content by this weekend to meet illegal content in the services of users.

In the event of “User-User” messaging services, it includes how to use or facilitate criminal actions.

The so-called priority illegal content covers 17 categories from terrorism, child sexual exploitation and suicide, commit suicide or marriage, criminal and fraud.

OfCom from next week, the platforms will begin to appreciate the compliance with new illegal damage under the OSA and will begin to operate existing and existence. OSA was accepted by parliament in 2023, but implemented in this year and after stages.

Sites and applications will have to start implementing security measures to reduce risks, as a member of the staff and better moderation, easier report and installed security tests

According to the new rules, technological companies should ensure the sources and taught of moderation teams and will have to determine the performance targets to quickly remove illegal materials. Platforms need to try algorithms to make illegal content to spread.

Ofcom, mainly because they are a large number of users, for example, the size or nature will prioritize the risk and applications from illegal content, as they have a large number of damage to the UK, or some of the online content and behavioral forms of users can take.

Suzanne’s crimes, about director Ofcom, said: “The platforms have now moved to adapt to their legal responsibilities, and our codes can be done to help them meet the necessary protectors.”

The British Law Firm described the new rules as the “first major regulation date” under the OSA. Companies can be fined in the world’s largest income to 18 mn or £ 10.

In Binclicaters, Ben Packer, said: “We will do a comprehensive work of this right and risk assessments and do a comprehensive work done. I suspect that there are some companies that have nothing to do.”

The package added that the threat of the intervention said the regulator could order the technology to take additional measures or to detect the user report or the user report or the contents of the technology “.

“Our experience in other sectors is such interventions in company operations, which are more effective,” he said.